Charles Pringle Finlayson (1911-1985) - Revision history

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	*''Clement Litill and his library :the origins of Edinburgh University Library'' (Edinburgh, Printed for Edinburgh Bibliographical Society and the Friends of Edinburgh University Library, 1980)		*''Clement Litill and his library :the origins of Edinburgh University Library'' (Edinburgh, Printed for Edinburgh Bibliographical Society and the Friends of Edinburgh University Library, 1980)

−	[[Category:Alumni\|Finlayson, Charles Pringle]] [[Category:Support Staff\|Finlayson, Charles Pringle~~]] [[Category:Incomplete~~]]	+	[[Category:Alumni\|Finlayson, Charles Pringle]] [[Category:Support Staff\|Finlayson, Charles Pringle]]

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 [[File:0012632d.jpg|thumb|right|300px|border|Charles Finlayson in a group of [[Library]] staff, 1939]]
-'''Keeper of the Manuscripts'''
+'''Keeper of Manuscripts'''
 Finlayson was born in 1911 in Ecclefechan, Dumfries-shire, the son of postmaster Frederick Finlayson and his wife Mary Spence Pringle.  Schooled at Gourock, Glasgow, Kelso and Kirkcudbright, he proceeded to the [[University of Edinburgh]], graduating MA in Classics, 1933.  Joining the staff of the [[Library]] under [[Frank Carr Nicholson (1875-1962)]] in 1935, his career was interrupted by service in the Royal Artillery and the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.  He married Isabella Grubb in Edinburgh in 1939.

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 Finlayson was born in 1911 in Ecclefechan, Dumfries-shire, the son of postmaster Frederick Finlayson and his wife Mary Spence Pringle.  Schooled at Gourock, Glasgow, Kelso and Kirkcudbright, he proceeded to the [[University of Edinburgh]], graduating MA in Classics, 1933.  Joining the staff of the [[Library]] under [[Frank Carr Nicholson (1875-1962)]] in 1935, his career was interrupted by service in the Royal Artillery and the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.  He married Isabella Grubb in Edinburgh in 1939.
-Following his return, he was promoted to Keeper of Manuscripts in 1946 (succeeding [[Lauriston William Sharp (1897-1959)]]). He was succeeded by John Hall in 1978, though Hall's title was ''Special Collections Librarian''.  Finlayson died in Edinburgh in 1985.
+Following his return, he was promoted to Keeper of Manuscripts in 1946 (succeeding [[Lauriston William Sharp (1897-1959)]], who had become Librarian in 1939). He was succeeded by John Hall in 1978, though Hall's title was ''Special Collections Librarian''.  Finlayson died in Edinburgh in 1985.
 == Selected Bibliography ==

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 Finlayson was born in 1911 in Ecclefechan, Dumfries-shire, the son of postmaster Frederick Finlayson and his wife Mary Spence Pringle.  Schooled at Gourock, Glasgow, Kelso and Kirkcudbright, he proceeded to the [[University of Edinburgh]], graduating MA in Classics, 1933.  Joining the staff of the [[Library]] under [[Frank Carr Nicholson (1875-1962)]] in 1935, his career was interrupted by service in the Royal Artillery and the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.  He married Isabella Grubb in Edinburgh in 1939.
-Following his return, he was promoted to Keeper of Manuscripts in 1946. In effect he was the first Head of Special Collections.  He was succeeded by John Hall in 1978, though Hall's title was ''Special Collections Librarian''.  Charles Finlayson died in Edinburgh in 1985.
+Following his return, he was promoted to Keeper of Manuscripts in 1946 (succeeding [[Lauriston William Sharp (1897-1959)]]). He was succeeded by John Hall in 1978, though Hall's title was ''Special Collections Librarian''.  Finlayson died in Edinburgh in 1985.
 == Selected Bibliography ==

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 '''Keeper of the Manuscripts'''
-Finlayson was born in 1911 in Ecclefechan, Dumfries-shire, the son of postmaster Frederick Finlayson and his wife Mary Spence Pringle.  Schooled at Gourock, Glasgow, Kelso and Kirkcudbright, he proceeded to the [[University of Edinburgh]], graduating MA in Classics, 1933.  Joining the staff of the [[Library]] under [[Frank Carr Nicholson (1865-1962)]] in 1935, his career was interrupted by service in the Royal Artillery and the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.  He married Isabella Grubb in Edinburgh in 1939.
+Finlayson was born in 1911 in Ecclefechan, Dumfries-shire, the son of postmaster Frederick Finlayson and his wife Mary Spence Pringle.  Schooled at Gourock, Glasgow, Kelso and Kirkcudbright, he proceeded to the [[University of Edinburgh]], graduating MA in Classics, 1933.  Joining the staff of the [[Library]] under [[Frank Carr Nicholson (1875-1962)]] in 1935, his career was interrupted by service in the Royal Artillery and the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.  He married Isabella Grubb in Edinburgh in 1939.
 Following his return, he was promoted to Keeper of Manuscripts in 1946. In effect he was the first Head of Special Collections.  He was succeeded by John Hall in 1978, though Hall's title was ''Special Collections Librarian''.  Charles Finlayson died in Edinburgh in 1985.

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 Finlayson was born in 1911 in Ecclefechan, Dumfries-shire, the son of Postmaster Frederick Finlayson and his wife Mary Spence Pringle.  He married Isabella Grubb in Edinburgh in 1939.
-In effect he was the first Head of Special Collections, though his title was ''Keeper of the Manuscripts'' and he took up the post in 1947.  He was succeeded by John Hall in 1978, though Hall's tile was ''Special Collections Librarian''.
+In effect he was the first Head of Special Collections, though his title was ''Keeper of the Manuscripts'' and he took up the post in 1947.  He was succeeded by John Hall in 1978, though Hall's title was ''Special Collections Librarian''.
 [[Category:Support Staff|Finlayson, Charles Pringle]] [[Category:Incomplete]]

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	'''Keeper of the Manuscripts'''		'''Keeper of the Manuscripts'''