27 Published BooksJ.A. Barnes
John Arundel Barnes was an Australian and British social anthropologist. Until his death in 2010, Barnes held the post of Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Fellow of Churchill College. From 1969 to 1982, he held the post of Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge.
John A. Barnes was one of the first to use the concept of social networks in a scientific context. This was in 1954, in the article "Class and Committees in a Norwegian Island Parish". His anthropological studies ranged from New Guinea to Norway. His interests and writings extended across the social and political sciences and beyond.
