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Also Known As Benedict Richard O’Gorman Anderson
Born August 26, 1936 • Kunming • China
Died December 12, 2015 or December 13, 2015 • Indonesia
Notable Works “Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origins and Spread of Nationalism”
Subjects Of Study nationalism

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Robert D. Putnam
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William Henry O’Shea
Irish nationalist
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Charles Stewart Parnell
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Eamon de Valera
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William Thomas Cosgrave
William Thomas Cosgrave
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Constance Markievicz
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Arthur Griffith
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Daniel O’Connell
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Michael Collins
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Henry Flood
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Patrick Pearse
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