Frances Ames South African Activist
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| Birthday |
20th April, 1920
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| Birthplace |
Pretoria, South Africa
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| Died |
11th November, 2002
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| Place of Death |
Rondebosch, South Africa
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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| Nationality |
South African
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| Occupation |
Activist
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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. Ames risked her personal safety and academic career in her pursuit of justice, taking the dispute to the South African Supreme Court, where she eventually won the case in 1985.
