Margaret Legum

British activist
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Margaret Legum

Summary

Margaret Legum is a human[1]. She was born on +1933-10-08T00:00:00Z[2]. She died on +2007-11-01T00:00:00Z[3]. She worked as an economist[4], journalist[5], and anti-apartheid activist[6]. She ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month, #7,295 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Margaret Legum was born on +1933-10-08T00:00:00Z[2].
  • Margaret Legum died on +2007-11-01T00:00:00Z[3].
  • Margaret Legum was married to Colin Legum[8].
  • Margaret Legum held citizenship in South Africa[9].
  • Margaret Legum's professions included economist[4].
  • Margaret Legum's professions included journalist[5].
  • Margaret Legum's professions included anti-apartheid activist[6].
  • Margaret Legum was employed by London School of Economics and Political Science[10].
  • Margaret Legum was educated at Rhodes University[11].
  • Margaret Legum was educated at Newnham College[12].
  • Margaret Legum was educated at Cambridge College[13].
  • Margaret Legum is recorded as female[14].
  • Margaret Legum's instance of is recorded as human[15].
  • Margaret Legum's ISNI is recorded as 0000000116198005[16].
  • Margaret Legum's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 35796219[17].
  • Margaret Legum's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82060193[18].
  • Margaret Legum's IdRef ID is recorded as 092422446[19].
  • Margaret Legum's SBN author ID is recorded as LIGV128722[20].
  • The cause of death was cancer[21].
  • Margaret Legum's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03d6fhk[22].
  • Margaret Legum's given name is recorded as Margaret[23].
  • Margaret Legum's Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID is recorded as 141976357[24].
  • Margaret Legum's manner of death is recorded as natural causes[25].
  • Margaret Legum's NUKAT ID is recorded as n2009046801[26].
  • Margaret Legum's NSK is recorded as 000310449[27].

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Origins and Family

Margaret Legum was born on +1933-10-08T00:00:00Z[2].

Education

Educated at Rhodes University[11], a public research university[28], in South Africa[29], founded in 1904[30], headquartered in Makhanda[31]; Newnham College[12], a college of the University of Cambridge[32], in United Kingdom[33], founded in 1871[34]; and Cambridge College[13], a college[35], in United States[36], founded in 1971[37].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include economist[4], journalist[5], and anti-apartheid activist[6]. Among Margaret Legum's employers was London School of Economics and Political Science[10].

Personal Life

Margaret Legum was married to Colin Legum[8].

Death and Burial

Margaret Legum died on +2007-11-01T00:00:00Z[3]. The cause of death was cancer[21].

Why It Matters

Margaret Legum ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month, #7,295 of 1,000,298).[7] She is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

FAQs

Who was Margaret Legum married to?

Margaret Legum's spouses include Colin Legum[8].

What did Margaret Legum do for work?

Margaret Legum worked as economist[4], journalist[5], and anti-apartheid activist[6].

Where did Margaret Legum go to school?

Margaret Legum was educated at Rhodes University[11], Newnham College[12], and Cambridge College[13].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [14] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [15] . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
  6. [12] . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. wikidata.org.
  7. [13] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . International Standard Name Identifier. wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . wikidata.org.
  18. [2] . wikidata.org.
  19. [3] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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