Anthony King (professor)

Anthony Stephen "Tony" King  (17 November 1934 – 12 January 2017) was a Canadian-born British professor of government, psephologist and commentator. He was best known for his work at the University of Essex. He was considered a leading expert of democracy. He was also the BBC television analyst on election night from 1983 to 2005. He moved to the United Kingdom in the 1950s.

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1998.

King died on 12 January 2017 at the age of 82.

References

Other websites
 Anthony King  profile at the University of Essex website

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