Ian Finlay (art historian) explained

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

Biography

Born in Auckland, New Zealand on 2 December 1906, Finlay grew up in Scotland and attended the Edinburgh Academy. 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. 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.

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.

Selected works

See Ian Finlay's WorldCat page.

External links

• Ian Finlay on the Scotland On Air wiki.

Notes and References

1. 12 June 1965 . CENTRAl CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD . . 5480.
2. Web site: OBITUARY : Ian Finlay . 1995-12-21 . The Independent . 2018-02-07.
3. Web site: Ian Finlay . 22 December 1995 . HeraldScotland . 2018-02-07.
4. Finlay, (William) Ian Robertson (1906–1995), museum director and art historian . 2004 . 10.1093/ref:odnb/60346 . 2018-02-07.
5. Web site: BBC Genome search results for Ian Finlay . . 2018-02-07.