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William Ian Robertson Finlay, CBE,[1]FRSA (1906–1995) was a Scottish art historian, museum director and writer.[2][3][4]




Contents





  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Selected works


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




Biography


Born in Auckland, New Zealand on 2 December 1906, Finlay grew up in Scotland and attended the Edinburgh Academy.[2] He later studied at Edinburgh University and started working for the Royal Scottish Museum in 1932 where he worked for 39 years, eventually directing the museum from 1961 to 1971.[2] In addition, Finlay was the secretary of the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland from 1953 to 1961. After leaving the Royal Scottish Museum in 1971, he joined the Royal Scottish Academy where he was a Professor of Antiquities until his passing in 1995.[2]


Finlay regularly appeared on BBC radio programmes.[5]


Finlay married Mary Pringle in 1933 and the couple had three children. Finlay died on 10 December 1995.[2]



Selected works


See Ian Finlay's WorldCat page.[6]



References




  1. ^ "CENTRAl CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD". The London Gazette: 5480. 12 June 1965..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ abcde "OBITUARY : Ian Finlay". The Independent. 1995-12-21. Retrieved 2018-02-07.


  3. ^ "Ian Finlay". HeraldScotland. 22 December 1995. Retrieved 2018-02-07.


  4. ^ "Finlay, (William) Ian Robertson (1906–1995), museum director and art historian". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-60346. Retrieved 2018-02-07.


  5. ^ "BBC Genome search results for Ian Finlay". BBC Genome Project. Retrieved 2018-02-07.


  6. ^ Works by or about Ian Finlay in libraries (WorldCat catalog)




External links



  • Ian Finlay on the Scotland On Air wiki.









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