Benedict Anderson

Benedict Anderson (1936–2015) was an Irish university teacher, political scientist and writer.

Also recorded as Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson; Benedict R. O'G. Anderson; Richard Benedict O'Gorman Anderson.

Overview

Recorded at birth as Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson.

Born at Kunming in 1936, died at Batu in 2015.

In detail

Benedict Anderson studied at Eton College, Cornell University and King's College. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is political science, sociology and historiography.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Ithaca. Employment is recorded with Cornell University. Positions recorded include professor. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Sciences and American Philosophical Society.

Works named in the authority record are Imagined Communities and Under Three Flags: Anarchism and the Anti-Colonial Imagination.

Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship, Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Albert O. Hirschman Prize.

Sources

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    “Benedict Anderson”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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