Ben Finney

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Ben Finney

Anthropology

#664

World Rank

#912

Historical Rank

#347

USA Rank

Cultural Anthropology

#71

World Rank

#92

Historical Rank

#41

USA Rank

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Ben Finney's Degrees

• Bachelors Anthropology University of California, Santa Barbara

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Why Is Ben Finney Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Ben Rudolph Finney was an American anthropologist known for his expertise in the history and the social and cultural anthropology of surfing, Polynesian navigation, and canoe sailing, as well as in the cultural and social anthropology of human space colonization. As "surfing's premier historian and leading expert on Hawaiian surfing going back to the 17th century" and "the intellectual mentor, driving force, and international public face" of the Hokulea project, he played a key role in the Hawaiian Renaissance following his construction of the Hokulea precursor Nalehia in the 1960s and his co-founding of the Polynesian Voyaging Society in the 1970s.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Ben Finney?

Ben Finney is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of California, Berkeley
• University of California, Santa Barbara
• Harvard University