Raphael Kaplinsky


Raphael Kaplinsky, is professorial fellow, Science Policy Research Unit, and emeritus professorial fellow, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

Early life

Kaplinsky's father Morris and his wife, who were both Polish Jews, migrated from the town of Slonim, to South Africa in 1929. As a student Kaplinsky took part in Cape Town University's anti-apartheid protests which resulted in him having to flee South Africa to the United Kingdom in the 1960s.

Personal life

Kaplinsky married Catherine Charlewood, a psychoanalyst. They have a daughter, Natasha Kaplinsky, a TV presenter and a son, Benjamin Kaplinsky, a lawyer.

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