Quote of the day
Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future
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)