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At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
Anthony D. Smith
Born: 1939
Died: July 20, 2016 (aged 77)
Bio: Anthony D. Smith is a British historical sociologist who is 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.
Known for:
- The ethnic origins of nations (1987)
- Nationalism (1994)
- Nationalism and modernism (1998)
- The Nation in History (2000)
- Nations and nationalism in a global era (1995)