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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 259,186 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony D. Smith is the 62nd most popular sociologist, the 3,450th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 4th most popular British Sociologist.

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  • 260k

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  • 46.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Anthony D. Smith ranks 62 out of 54. Before him are Claus Offe, Michael Mann, George Ritzer, Erik Olin Wright, Robert Nisbet, and Maksim Kovalevsky. After him are Arlie Russell Hochschild, Jeffrey C. Alexander, Tatyana Zaslavskaya, Margaret Archer, Theda Skocpol, and Loïc Wacquant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Anthony D. Smith ranks 352. Before him are Raymond J. Barry, Viktor Sadovnichiy, Jorge Toro, Spencer Davis, Klavdiya Boyarskikh, and Hadi Khosroshahi. After him are Melinda Dillon, István Kozma, Louise Lasser, Valentin Afonin, Allen Garfield, and Dion DiMucci. Among people deceased in 2016, Anthony D. Smith ranks 308. Before him are Vladica Kovačević, Michel Déon, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, Néstor Gonçalves, and José Parra Martínez. After him are Laurent Pokou, Mother Angelica, Anton Yelchin, Elizabeth Roemer, Eliseo Prado, and Luis Alberto Monge.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony D. Smith ranks 3,450 out of 7,765. Before him are Henry Taylor (1885), Martin McDonagh (1970), Wilfrid Hyde-White (1903), Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887), John Pond (1767), and Jesse Lingard (1992). After him are Flora Sandes (1876), Albert Hill (1889), Hayley Mills (1946), John Richardson (1787), W. S. Gilbert (1836), and George W. Campbell (1769).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among sociologists born in United Kingdom, Anthony D. Smith ranks 4. Before him are Anthony Giddens (1938), Basil Bernstein (1924), and Michael Mann (1942). After him are Margaret Archer (1943).

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