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This paper traces Finer's intellectual development, including a short period of Marxism, a thorough reading of Pareto, & an intensive dialogue with comparative politics scholars in the US. He criticized the black box model of systems theory as well as the evolutionary bias in comparative development studies. While his early work concerned GB, his role in heading two departments of politics made him rethink a general political science curriculum. He pioneered the study of the lobby in Anonymous Empire (1958) & of the military in politics in The Man on Horseback (1962). In his retirement, he wrote A History of Government from Earliest Times, published posthumously in three volumes (1997), leaving valuable testimonies about methods & concepts. Only a true erudite, fascinated by all aspects of government, could have engaged in such a venture. Finer was a teacher sans pareil of both the professional & the layman interested in the ubiquity of government & politics. 32 References. Adapted from the source document.