Moses Finley taught at Columbia University and City College of New York, where he was influenced by members of the Frankfurt School who were working in exile in America.
12 Facts About Moses Finley
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On 5 September 1951, an ex-communist, Karl Wittfogel, testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee that Moses Finley was a communist.
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On 28 March 1952, Moses Finley appeared before the Committee and invoked the Fifth Amendment regarding his association with communism.
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However, the Trustees, who had the final say in the matter, issued a resolution on 12 December 1952: "it shall be cause for immediate dismissal of any member of faculty or staff" who invokes the Fifth Amendment before an investigatory body in refusing to answer questions relating to communist affiliations and that Professors Heimlich and Moses Finley would be dismissed as of December of 31,1952 unless they conformed to the new policy.
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Moses Finley again invoked the Fifth Amendment and refused to answer.
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Moses Finley immigrated to Britain, where he was appointed university lecturer in classics at Cambridge and, during 1957, elected to a fellowship at Jesus College.
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Moses Finley was reader of ancient social and economic history, professor of ancient history and master of Darwin College.
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Moses Finley broadened the scope of classical studies from philology to culture, economics, and society.
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Moses Finley became a British subject in 1962, and a Fellow of the British Academy in 1971, and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II during 1979.
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Moses Finley was a doctorate adviser to Paul Millett, now a senior lecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge.
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In 1932 Moses Finley married Mary, a schoolteacher, and the two enjoyed a happy and mutually reinforcing marriage.
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Moses Finley was the editor of numerous volumes of essays on ancient history.