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Anthony Giddens

1938 - Today

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Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens (born 18 January 1938) is an English sociologist who is known for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies. He is considered to be one of the most prominent modern sociologists and is the author of at least 34 books, published in at least 29 languages, issuing on average more than one book every year. In 2007, Giddens was listed as the fifth most cited author of books in the humanities. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony Giddens has received more than 1,124,898 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Anthony Giddens is the 9th most popular sociologist, the 264th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 257th in 2019) and the most popular British Sociologist.

Anthony Giddens is most famous for his theory of structuration, which states that social structures are created by the interactions between agents.

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  • 11.97

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  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Anthony Giddens ranks 9 out of 79. Before him are Pierre Bourdieu, Theodor W. Adorno, Robert K. Merton, Georg Simmel, Talcott Parsons, and Erving Goffman. After him are Norbert Elias, Marcel Mauss, Ulrich Beck, Immanuel Wallerstein, Niklas Luhmann, and Gabriel Tarde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Anthony Giddens ranks 19. Before him are Farah Pahlavi, Luis Aragonés, Klaus Schwab, Alberto Fujimori, Joe Dassin, and Jerry Brown. After him are Christopher Lloyd, Paul Verhoeven, Mireille Darc, Vladimir Vysotsky, Natalie Wood, and Liv Ullmann.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Giddens ranks 264 out of 8,785. Before him are Æthelred I, King of Wessex (837), Olivia Newton-John (1948), Richard Trevithick (1771), Alec Guinness (1914), Owen Willans Richardson (1879), and Graham Chapman (1941). After him are James George Frazer (1854), Ælfweard of Wessex (904), Princess Margaret of Connaught (1882), Liz Truss (1975), Daniel Day-Lewis (1957), and Edward Victor Appleton (1892).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among sociologists born in United Kingdom, Anthony Giddens ranks 1. After him are Basil Bernstein (1924), T. H. Marshall (1893), Michael Mann (1942), Anthony D. Smith (1939), Margaret Archer (1943), and John Urry (1946).

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