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Frances Ames

1920 - 2002

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Frances Rix Ames (; 20 April 1920 – 11 November 2002) was a South African neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activist, best known for leading the medical ethics inquiry into the death of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, who died from medical neglect after being tortured in police custody. When the South African Medical and Dental Council (SAMDC) declined to discipline the chief district surgeon and his assistant who treated Biko, Ames and a group of five academics and physicians raised funds and fought an eight-year legal battle against the medical establishment. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frances Ames has received more than 45,555 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Frances Ames is the 322nd most popular social activist (up from 411th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from South Africa (up from 86th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular South African Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Frances Ames ranks 322 out of 840. Before her are Abbie Hoffman, Jason Moore, Kōtoku Shūsui, Baba Amte, M. N. Roy, and Meshadi Azizbekov. After her are Bhikaiji Cama, Joseph von Sonnenfels, Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven, Naziha al-Dulaimi, Viola Desmond, and Ricardo Flores Magón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Frances Ames ranks 187. Before her are James Doohan, Georges Marchais, Celia Sánchez, Harold Sakata, Osvaldo Cavandoli, and Lewis Gilbert. After her are Richard E. Bellman, Yves Robert, Cornelius Ryan, Gordon Gould, Koichi Tohei, and Leo McKern. Among people deceased in 2002, Frances Ames ranks 131. Before her are Rosemary Clooney, Gabriel Almond, Ole-Johan Dahl, Inge Morath, André Delvaux, and Franjo Kuharić. After her are Yves Robert, Leo McKern, Ernst Stojaspal, Aileen Riggin, Ibn al-Khattab, and Yevgeny Svetlanov.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Frances Ames ranks 51 out of 454. Before her are Esther Brand (1922), Manfred Mann (1940), Piet Cronjé (1836), Angelique Rockas (1951), Ronald Harwood (1934), and Christiaan de Wet (1854). After her are Piet Joubert (1834), Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941), Bruce Grobbelaar (1957), David Cooper (1931), Trevor Jones (1949), and Reggie Walker (1889).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In South Africa

Among social activists born in South Africa, Frances Ames ranks 3. Before her are Nelson Mandela (1918), and Steve Biko (1946). After her are Evelyn Mase (1922), Ted Grant (1913), Denis Goldberg (1933), Devdas Gandhi (1900), Ramdas Gandhi (1897), Albertina Sisulu (1918), Bram Fischer (1908), Beyers Naudé (1915), and Lillian Ngoyi (1911).

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