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Finlay was born in Faversham, Kent, where his Scottish father, Captain John Finlay FRS, an officer in the Royal Engineers, was inspector of government powder mills. Finlay's father died in 1802, and his Scottish mother and uncle (Kirkman Finlay) took hand of his education. His love of history was attributed to his mother.
Finlay, George. History of the Greek Revolution. Blackwood and Sons, 1861 (Harvard University). Phillips, Walter Alison. The War of Greek Independence, 1821 to 1833. Smith, Elder and Company, 1897 (University of Michigan). Makriyannis, Memoirs, IX Archived October 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
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In Rhodes, one of the worst affected Greek islands, more than 20,000 tourists and locals fled from the blaze in “the biggest evacuation” in Greece’s history.
George Finlay (1799–1875), Greece Erik Gustaf Geijer (1783–1847), Swedish nationalist historian François Guizot (1787–1874), French historian of general French, English history
Finlay, George (1856). History of the Byzantine and Greek Empires, from DCCXVI to MCCCCLIII. Second Edition History of the Byzantine and Greek Empires, from DCCXVI to MCCCCLIII. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood and sons. Holmes, Catherine (2005). Basil II and the Governance of Empire (976–1025). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-927968-3.
Frank Abney Hastings (Greek: Φραγκίσκος Άστιγξ) (14 February 1794 – 1 June 1828) was a British naval officer and Philhellene. [1] [2] Born to a noble British family, he served in the Royal Navy, seeing action at the Battle of Trafalgar and the Battle of New Orleans.