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Via the Complex Terrain Laboratory comes news that political scientist, Samuel P. Huntington, died on 24th December 2008.

He will be best remembered, for the Foreign Affairs essay (PDF), and book of the same title, The Clash of Civilisations.

Update: David Park summarises his long career:

“He taught at Harvard for 58 years and the author, co-author, or editor of 17 books and 90 scholarly articles. His intellectual breadth was truly amazing. Read more about his personal and intellectual life on Harvard’s website.”