Simon Meyer Kuper
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Mr. Justice Simon Meyer Kuper KC |
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| Justice of the South African Supreme Court | |
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In office 1955–1963 |
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| Born | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Died | March 20, 1963 |
| Children | Adam Kuper |
| Alma mater | University of the Witwatersrand |
| Occupation | Lawyer, Judge |
Simon Meyer Kuper (1906-1963) was a judge of the South African Supreme Court, and a noted leader in the South African Jewish community. His children include anthropologist Adam Kuper.
Kuper was born in Johannesburg in 1906. He attended Jeppe High School and subsequently gained his B.A. and LL.B. at the University of the Witwatersrand.
Kuper was admitted to the Bar in 1927. He joined Group 621 of the Johannesburg Bar. After practising law for several years, he was appointed King's Counsel in 1946 and became a judge at the South African Supreme Court in 1955.
The South African Supreme Court consists of several divisions. Kuper sat in the Transvaal Provincial Division, which covers Pretoria, South Africa's administrative capital.
In 1946, Kuper provided evidence before the Anglo-American Commission of Inquiry on Palestine, on behalf of South African Jews.
At the February 1954 Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Kuper represented South African Jews, together with Abel Shaban.
Kuper was chairman of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies from 1944–49, and was chairman of the South African Zionist Federation from 1950–55. Kuper's resignation from the chairmanship of the latter, which was made in order to pursue his career at the Supreme Court, was honoured by a pledge to plant a grove of 1,000 trees in Israel. Kuper subsequently became honorary president of the South African Zionist Federation.
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