# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benedict-anderson
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:19:14.408Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/benedict-anderson"
name: "Benedict Anderson"
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description: "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. A polyglot with an interest in Southeast Asia, he was the Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor of International Studies, Government & Asian Studies at Cornell University. His work on the \"Cornell Paper\" disputed the official story of Indonesia's 30 September Movement and the subsequent anti-Communist purges of 1965–1966 which led to his expulsion from that country. He was the elder brother of historian Perry Anderson."
tagline: "American political scientist (1936-2015)"
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birthDate: "1936-08-26"
deathDate: "2015-12-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump