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Albie Sachs

South African anti-Apartheid activist leader, author and judge of the Constitutional Court · South Africa · Academics · Born 1935 · age 91

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Albert Louis Sachs, known as Albie Sachs, is a South African lawyer, activist, writer, and former judge appointed to the first Constitutional Court of South Africa by Nelson Mandela.

A life in dates

2010Honorary Doctorate from Princeton UniversityAward2006Order of LuthuliAward2000Honorary Doctor of the University of AntwerpAward1991Alan Paton AwardAward1974Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsAward1935Born30 January 1935

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Awards

Honorary Doctorate from Princeton University2010
Order of Luthuli2006
Honorary Doctor of the University of Antwerp2000
Alan Paton Award1991
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards1974
Tang Prize

In their orbit

Father: Solly Sachs

About this person

Country
South Africa
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
living
Dates
Born 1935 · age 91

Academics from South Africa 6

Max Gluckman50.1Mark Solms49.6Robert Broom51.0Quarraisha Karim48.2John McDowell51.3Joseph Wolpe48.0

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