Neville Edward Alexander | |
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 Alexander at the World Conference of African Linguistics in Cologne in September 2009 | |
| Born | 22 October 1936 |
| Died | 27 August 2012 (aged 75) |
| Education | Holy Cross School, Cradock, South Africa |
| Alma mater | University of Cape Town BA & MA, PhD (University of Tübingen) |
| Occupation(s) | Political activist, educationalist & academic: lecturer at various institutes and universities |
| Known for | Jailmate of Nelson Mandela and Linguapax winner |
Neville Edward Alexander OLS (22 October 1936 – 27 August 2012) was a proponent of a multilingual South Africa and a former revolutionary who spent ten years on Robben Island as a fellow-prisoner of Nelson Mandela.