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Anthony D. Smith

1939 - 2016

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Anthony David Stephen Smith (23 September 1939 – 19 July 2016) was a British historical sociologist who, at the time of his death, was Professor Emeritus of Nationalism and Ethnicity at the London School of Economics. He is considered one of the founders of the interdisciplinary field of nationalism studies. Smith took his first degree in classics and philosophy at Oxford University and his master's degree and doctorate in sociology at the London School of Economics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony D. Smith has received more than 270,692 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Anthony D. Smith is the 69th most popular sociologist (down from 62nd in 2019), the 3,833rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,442nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular British Sociologist.

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  • 47.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Anthony D. Smith ranks 69 out of 79. Before him are Henri Hubert, Robert Nisbet, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Maksim Kovalevsky, Louis Wirth, and Boris Kagarlitsky. After him are Göran Therborn, Margaret Archer, Theda Skocpol, John Urry, Tatyana Zaslavskaya, and Ralph Miliband.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Anthony D. Smith ranks 415. Before him are Peter S. Beagle, Harry Reid, Luther Allison, Fred Schepisi, Shu Kamo, and Madalena Iglésias. After him are Eri Klas, Walt Bellamy, Nicholas Grimshaw, Eduard Kukan, Sandro Lopopolo, and Sonny Fortune. Among people deceased in 2016, Anthony D. Smith ranks 367. Before him are Pauline Oliveros, Kurt Svensson, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Henning Enoksen, Marni Nixon, and Vera Henriksen. After him are Eri Klas, Joe Sutter, Marcel Artelesa, James Stacy, Fazu Aliyeva, and Richard Davalos.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony D. Smith ranks 3,833 out of 8,785. Before him are David Marshall Lang (1924), Tobias Furneaux (1735), Patricia Hayes (1909), Vincent Nichols (1945), Alun Armstrong (1946), and Peter Murphy (1957). After him are Ivor Novello (1893), Lucy Walter (1630), Phil Mogg (1948), Peter Blake (1932), Frederick Keeping (1867), and Eric Gill (1882).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among sociologists born in United Kingdom, Anthony D. Smith ranks 5. Before him are Anthony Giddens (1938), Basil Bernstein (1924), T. H. Marshall (1893), and Michael Mann (1942). After him are Margaret Archer (1943), and John Urry (1946).

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