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Benedict Anderson

1936 - 2015

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Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson (August 26, 1936 – December 13, 2015) was an Anglo-Irish political scientist and historian who lived and taught in the United States. Anderson is best known for his 1983 book Imagined Communities, which explored the origins of nationalism. A polyglot with an interest in Southeast Asia, he was the Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor of International Studies, Government & Asian Studies at Cornell University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benedict Anderson has received more than 831,284 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Benedict Anderson is the 11th most popular political scientist (down from 8th in 2019), the 256th most popular biography from China (down from 211th in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Political Scientist.

Benedict Anderson is most famous for his book "Imagined Communities," which discusses the significance of nationalism in the modern world.

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS

Among political scientists, Benedict Anderson ranks 11 out of 46. Before him are Christian Lous Lange, Georg Jellinek, Harold Lasswell, Hans Morgenthau, Ralf Dahrendorf, and Aleksandr Dugin. After him are Gene Sharp, Maurice Duverger, David Easton, Robert A. Dahl, Joseph Nye, and John Mearsheimer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Benedict Anderson ranks 49. Before him are Günter Blobel, Steve Reich, Émile Lahoud, Ghassan Kanafani, Bill Wyman, and Raymond Poulidor. After him are Yasuo Fukuda, Roger Whittaker, Assia Djebar, Choummaly Sayasone, Richard Wilson, and Denny Hulme. Among people deceased in 2015, Benedict Anderson ranks 51. Before him are Faten Hamama, Frei Otto, René Girard, James Horner, Fatema Mernissi, and Yves Chauvin. After him are Mathieu Kérékou, Michele Ferrero, Richard F. Heck, Assia Djebar, Pierre Brice, and Louis Jourdan.

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In China

Among people born in China, Benedict Anderson ranks 256 out of 1,610. Before him are Emperor Dezong of Tang (742), Ban Zhao (45), Emperor Ai of Tang (892), Zhao Bing (1271), Zhang He (167), and Cao Zhi (192). After him are Emperor Huan of Han (132), Cao Ren (168), Ouyang Xiu (1007), Wang Chong (27), Ei-ichi Negishi (1935), and Guo Jia (170).

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Among POLITICAL SCIENTISTS In China

Among political scientists born in China, Benedict Anderson ranks 1. 

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