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    Predefinito SA pays respects to Phillip Tobias

    8 June 2012



    Leading South African palaeo-anthropologist Professor Phillip Tobias died on 7 June 2012(Photo: City of Johannesburg)



    One of South Africa's leading scientists - and regarded by many as the grandfather of the country's palaeosciences - Professor Phillip Tobias died in Johannesburg on Thursday after a long illness.

    Led by President Jacob Zuma, condolences have poured in for the family of the late professor.

    "We have lost a renowned scientist, a scholar and a unique human being," Zuma said. "Our country remains eternally proud of his work. On behalf of government and the people of South Africa, we extend our deepest condolences and may his soul rest in peace."

    South Africa's foremost palaeo-anthropologist and a full professor since the 1950's, Tobias successfully campaigned for the Sterkfontein Caves to be proclaimed a World Heritage site. This is only one of a long list of accomplishments.

    He was renowned for demystifying complex science to everyday life and language, as his programmes on television bore testimony.

    Tobias also had the rare distinction of holding three professorships simultaneously at the University of the Witwatersrand, leading and producing ground- breaking research into the origins of the human form as we know it, through the "study of the bone".

    He was instrumental in taking forward the research started by Professor Raymond Dart, who was famous for his discovery of what became known as the Taung Skull in 1924.

    The skull is now seen as belonging to a child of the humanoid Australopithecus Africanus genus, a new species then and a new link in the chain which ends with modern humankind - Homo sapiens.

    South Africa also owes a debt of gratitude to Professor Tobias for his successful efforts to have the remains of Saartjie Bartmann returned to the country.

    He led negotiations with France on behalf of the government. The remains of Saartjie Bartmann, which were exhibited in Paris as ethnological and sexual curiosities in the 19th century, finally returned home in May 2002.

    Science and Technology Minister Naledi Pandor and her Deputy Minister Derek Hanekom have also conveyed their condolences to the Tobias family.

    In their message of condolence, they said the late Professor Tobias will always be revered for his profound research in palaeo-anthropology.

    "The Department of Science and Technology would like to convey their sincere condolences to the family and friends of the late Prof Tobias. He will always be remembered for his immense contribution in palaeo-anthropology," said Pandor.

    The contribution to research by Professor Tobias in the fields of genetics, through anatomical studies to palaeo-anthropology is well known. It is this contribution that led the department to establishing an annual Professor Philip Tobias Lecture and Award in honour of his contribution.

    The inaugural lecture was delivered by the 2002 Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine, Professor Sydney Brenner in 2004 and Professor Malekgapuru Makgoba, a molecular immunologist, delivered the last one in 2008.



    SA pays respects to Phillip Tobias - SouthAfrica.info
    Fra tutti il ministero dell'amore era quello che incuteva un autentico terrore... [...]

    1984 George Orwell
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    Predefinito Re: SA pays respects to Phillip Tobias

    ANC says Tobias was an 'outstanding' South African

    Leading palaeo-anthropologist Professor Phillip Tobias was an "outstanding" South African, the ANC said on Friday.
    "His passing has robbed South Africa of an outstanding and world-renowned South African, whose work has impacted on world knowledge on human origins and preservation," spokesman Jackson Mthembu said in a statement.

    The hominid evolution expert, who died at the age of 86 at the Donald Gordon Medical Centre in Johannesburg on Thursday, had contributed to lifting South Africa to prominence and being regarded as a successful nation.

    "His was one of the voices of reason, during the unfortunate days of apartheid, which called for the release of political detainees and prisoners," Mthembu said.

    In Tobias' student days he had opposed minority rule and segregated education.

    "It was not by default that the Nelson Mandela Foundation, in conveying President Mandela's view, referred to him as an 'icon scientist'."

    Earlier, the South African Medical Association (Sama) paid tribute to Tobias' contribution to his field.

    "Prof Tobias' globally acknowledged achievements and massive contributions in both science and medicine over the last six decades, markedly elevated South Africa's status as a major contributor to the global scientific arena," acting chairman Dr Mark Sonderup said in a statement.

    He also paid homage to Tobias' role in the fight against racism and as a champion of human rights.

    "Many of our members will have fond memories of this warm, generous, intensely conscientious and caring academic giant of our time. In his own words, he did not leave a genetic legacy, but rather a cultural one, orally transmitted, through education."

    Sonderup extended Sama's condolences to his family, former colleagues and former students.

    "Whilst we are very saddened by his passing, his legacy and impact of his life will endure forever."

    The University of the Witwatersrand announced on Friday morning that Tobias would be buried in the Jewish section of the West Park Cemetery in Johannesburg at 10.45am on Sunday.

    Spokeswoman Shirona Patel said in a statement that the university and his faculty would hold a memorial service for Tobias. Details would be announced shortly.

    President Jacob Zuma, the SA Jewish Board of Deputies, the Democratic Alliance, Gauteng Tourism Authority and Johannesburg mayor Parks Tau were among those who paid tribute to Tobias on Thursday.

    Tobias was thrice nominated for a Nobel prize and was the only person to hold three professorships simultaneously at the University of the Witwatersrand.

    The professor also successfully campaigned for the Sterkfontein Caves to be proclaimed a World Heritage Site, and was instrumental in the process to have the remains of Saartjie Bartmann returned to South Africa.

    Tobias was the recipient of many awards and honours, including honorary degrees from the universities of Pennsylvania, Cambridge, California, Natal, Cape Town, Durban-Westville, Western Ontario, Alta, Guelph, and the Witwatersrand.
    ANC says Tobias was an 'outstanding' South African - Times LIVE
    Fra tutti il ministero dell'amore era quello che incuteva un autentico terrore... [...]

    1984 George Orwell
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krYkuiRtO7M

 

 

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