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Trevor Huddleston; British Critic of Apartheid

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Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, 84, British leader against apartheid in South Africa. The London-born Huddleston, whose first parish was a South African township near Johannesburg, was credited by South African Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu with bringing apartheid to world attention. Banned from South Africa for many years because of his activism, Huddleston helped found Britain’s Anti-Apartheid Movement and served as president from 1981 to 1994, when South Africa held its first all-race elections. Huddleston was knighted this year for his efforts. He also served the Church of England as bishop of Masasi, Tanzania, and archbishop of the Indian Ocean. He spent his final years urging British businessmen to invest in South Africa. On Monday in London of complications of diabetes.

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