Anthony King (professor)

King in March 2014

Anthony Stephen "Tony" King FBA (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.^[1]

King died on 12 January 2017 at the age of 82.^[2]

References

1. "Anthony King". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019.
2. Kettle, Martin (12 January 2017). "Anthony King, face of BBC election night coverage, dies aged 82". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 January 2017.

Other websites

• Anthony King Archived 2010-11-20 at the Wayback Machine profile at the University of Essex website