Bob Hepple

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Bob Hepple was a South African-born lawyer, anti-apartheid activist, and later a prominent legal scholar in the United Kingdom who played a key role in the struggle against apartheid.

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Bob Hepple canonical 2
Sir Robert John Hepple 1

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instanceOf anti-apartheid activist
human
lawyer
legal scholar
awardReceived Knighthood
Queen's Counsel
surface form: Queen’s Counsel
birthName Bob Hepple self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sir Robert John Hepple
causeOfNotability early associate of Nelson Mandela in the anti-apartheid struggle
leading scholar of labour and equality law
countryOfCitizenship South Africa
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1934-08-11
dateOfDeath 2015-08-21
educatedAt Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of the Witwatersrand
employer University College London
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge

University of Kent
University of Nottingham
familyName Hepple
fieldOfWork anti-discrimination law
equality law
human rights law
labour law
fledTo United Kingdom
givenName Robert
honorificTitle Sir
memberOf Clare College, Cambridge
Inner Temple
movement anti-apartheid movement
name Bob Hepple self-link
nickname Bob
notableFor contributions to labour and equality law in the United Kingdom
role in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa
notableWork Equality: The New Legal Framework
Labour Laws and Global Trade
Social and Labour Rights in a Global Context
The Making of Labour Law in Europe
Young Man with a Red Tie: A Memoir of Mandela and the Failed Revolution, 1960–63
occupation barrister
legal academic
university teacher
placeOfBirth Springs, Transvaal, South Africa
placeOfDeath Cambridge, England
surface form: Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
positionHeld Chair of the Equal Rights Trust
Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics
Master of Clare College, Cambridge
Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge
wasDetainedFor anti-apartheid activities
workedWith Nelson Mandela

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Rivonia Trial defendant Bob Hepple
Bob Hepple name Bob Hepple self-link
Bob Hepple birthName Bob Hepple self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sir Robert John Hepple