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- Alan Gordon-Finlay (8 June 1890 – 6 June 1959) was a British engineer and inventor of Scottish descent born in Australia. He is best known for having co-created the Filene-Finlay (incorrectly spelled Findlay) simultaneous interpretation system at the League of Nations in Geneva after the First World War, the first of its kind and the fore-runner to modern interpretation systems in use throughout the world today. A patent was purchased by IBM in 1930, taking it to global production. (en)
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- Turramurra, Australia (en)
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- Finlay in the uniform of King Edward's Horse, circa 1914 (en)
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- Electrical engineering, Simultaneous Interpretation (en)
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- Simultaneous Interpretation System (en)
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- St. Dunstan's Church, Mayfield (en)
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- Florence Mary Gallagher (en)
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- Alan Gordon-Finlay (8 June 1890 – 6 June 1959) was a British engineer and inventor of Scottish descent born in Australia. He is best known for having co-created the Filene-Finlay (incorrectly spelled Findlay) simultaneous interpretation system at the League of Nations in Geneva after the First World War, the first of its kind and the fore-runner to modern interpretation systems in use throughout the world today. A patent was purchased by IBM in 1930, taking it to global production. (en)
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