Phillip V. Tobias

1925 - 2012

country of citizenship: South Africa

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: University of the Witwatersrand

occupation: anthropologist, archaeologist, prehistorian, paleoanthropologist, university teacher, physician, paleontologist

award received: Fellow of the Royal Society, Balzan Prize, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, John F.W. Herschel Medal, Huxley Memorial Medal

Phillip Vallentine Tobias (14 October 1925 – 7 June 2012) was a South African palaeoanthropologist and Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He was best known for his work at South Africa's hominid fossil sites. He was also an activist for the eradication of apartheid and gave numerous anti-apartheid speeches at protest rallies and also to academic audiences. Source: Wikipedia (en)