Phillip V. Tobias, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Phillip V. Tobias

anthropologist

Date of Birth: 14-Oct-1925

Place of Birth: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Date of Death: 07-Jun-2012

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

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Phillip Vallentine Tobias FRS (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.