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George Finlay in Perspective—A Centenary Reappraisal1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2013

J. M. Hussey
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George Finlay died at the age of seventy-five on 24 January a hundred years ago and I am honoured to pay tribute to this distinguished Scottish scholar and philhellene on the occasion of his centenary. It is indeed fitting that this should take place in the School which possesses many of his books and papers.

It might well be asked why there has as yet—to the best of my knowledge—been no full biography of Finlay. A glance at the available material may suggest the answer. What are usually known as the Finlay Papers housed in the British School comprise a formidable collection. Perhaps the best-known items are the so-called Journals. They are in part genuine journals in the sense of a day to day record, particularly of Finlay's experiences when travelling round the Aegean, or in Turkey, or on a visit to Scotland, journeying via Malta and France or Switzerland.

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Annual of the British School at Athens , Volume 70 , November 1975 , pp. 135 - 144
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Copyright © The Council, British School at Athens 1975

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2 A summary of the contents may be found in Hussey, J. M., The Finlay Papers (BSA Supplementary Volume No. 9, London, 1973, henceforth referred to as Papers).Google Scholar

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5 Ibid. 75–93 (B. 6).

6 Ibid. 45–56 (A. 42) and 94–100 (B. 7).

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11 W. Miller, ‘The Finlay Papers’, op. cit. 397.

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