Benedict Anderson
Irish political scientist and historian
Benedict Richard O'Gorman Anderson 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. Wikipedia
Born: August 26, 1936, Kunming, China
Died: December 13, 2015 (age 79 years), Batu, Indonesia
Nationality: American, British, and Irish
Parents: James Carew O'Gorman Anderson and Veronica Beatrice Bigham
Siblings: Perry Anderson
Doctoral students: John Sidel
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