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Anthony Giddens

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Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens (born 18 January 1938) is an English sociologist who is known for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies. He is considered to be one of the most prominent modern sociologists and is the author of at least 34 books, published in at least 29 languages, issuing on average more than one book every year. In 2007, Giddens was listed as the fifth most cited author of books in the humanities. He has academic appointments in approximately twenty different universities throughout the world and has received numerous honorary degrees. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Giddens is the 5th most popular sociologist (up from 9th in 2019), the 214th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 264th in 2019) and the most popular British Sociologist. Learn more about Anthony Giddens's academic impact at Rankless.

Anthony Giddens is most famous for his theory of structuration, which states that social structures are created by the interactions between agents.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Anthony Giddens ranks 5 out of 79. Before him are Max Weber, Émile Durkheim, Pierre Bourdieu, and Theodor W. Adorno. After him are Robert K. Merton, Georg Simmel, Erving Goffman, Talcott Parsons, Marcel Mauss, Norbert Elias, and Ulrich Beck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Anthony Giddens ranks 11. Before him are Romy Schneider, Bernie Madoff, Adriano Celentano, Queen Sofía of Spain, Jon Voight, and Rudolf Nureyev. After him are Leonid Kuchma, Islam Karimov, Nico, Jerry Brown, Farah Pahlavi, and Christopher Lloyd.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Giddens ranks 214 out of 8,785. Before him are Mick Jagger (1943), Alfred Russel Wallace (1823), Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930), Howard Carter (1874), James Chadwick (1891), and Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846). After him are William Blake (1757), David Livingstone (1813), Saint Boniface (680), Catherine Howard (1523), Guy Fawkes (1570), and Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among sociologists born in United Kingdom, Anthony Giddens ranks 1. After him are T. H. Marshall (1893), Basil Bernstein (1924), Michael Mann (1942), Anthony D. Smith (1939), Margaret Archer (1943), and John Urry (1946).

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