Dr. Finlay Dr. Finlay Dr. Finlay is a fictional character, the hero of a series of stories by Scottish author A. J. Cronin. First appearing in Cronin's novella entitled "Country Doctor" and in several subsequent short stories published in "Hearst's International Combined with Cosmopolitan" magazine from 1935 through 1939, Dr. Finlay Hylsop is a general physician beginning his practice in the fictional Scottish town of Levenford. One of the later short stories would take him to the lochside village of Tannochbrae. In these stories, he was charming and became well-acquainted with his patients over many years. It was thus his trademark to
Anne Finlay Anne Finlay Anne Finlay (born 1898 Edinburgh - 1963 Richmond) was a Scottish artist. Finlay spent her early years in Edinburgh and attended school in Manor Place in the city, where she studied French. She studied at Edinburgh College of Art 1917- c.1920. She studied drawing and painting but did not obtain her diploma. She regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy in London from 1932 onwards, the Royal Scottish Academy and as part of the Society of Women Artists between 1934 and 1956. She was part of the circle of friends who comprised the artists community in Edinburgh at the