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Phillip V. Tobias

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Anthropologist (1925-2012)

South AfricaAcademicsLived 1925 to 2012 · aged 86
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Phillip Vallentine Tobias 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.

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Bust of Tobias at the Sterkfontein cavesBust of Tobias at the Sterkfontein caves

Awards 6

1996Huxley Memorial Medal
1996honorary doctor of the French National Museum of Natural History
1989John F.W. Herschel Medal
1987Balzan Prize
1979Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society

Connected to Phillip 6

Ernst MayrAlso won honorary doctor of the French National Museum of Natural HistoryGeorge F. R. EllisAlso won John F.W. Herschel MedalMarcia LangtonAlso won Huxley Memorial MedalHans BeltingAlso won Balzan PrizeBasil DavidsonAlso won Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardsMassimo PallottinoAlso won Balzan Prize

About this person

Phillip Vallentine Tobias 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.

Country
South Africa
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2012 · aged 86
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16 languages

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