Alan Gordon Finlay

Alan Gordon Finlay (1890–1959) was a British engineer and inventor of Australian descent. He is one of the inventors along with Edward Filene of the early simultaneous interpretation system at IBM, used before World War II at the League of Nations.

Finlay was born June 8, 1890. He was brought up in Switzerland and had a good command of French and German. After graduating from The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) in the UK, he served in Afghanistan. He married Florence Mary Gallagher and had 2 children. He died in January 1959 in Uckfield, Surrey, England.

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