Quote of the day
How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture.
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)