Nimrod Ping
| Nimrod Ping | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 September 1947 |
| Died | 3 July 2006 |
| Education | Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe Cardiff University |
| Occupation | Architect, politician, gay activist |
Nimrod Ping (19 September 1947 - 3 July 2006) was a British architect, politician and gay activist in Brighton, Sussex, England.
Biography[edit]
Early life[edit]
After attending the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe from 1964 to 1966 he studied architecture at Cardiff University.[1]
Career[edit]
As an architect, he designed a Sainsbury's supermarket in Lewes Road, Brighton.[2]
Politics[edit]
Ping served as a councillor at the former Brighton Borough Council (now Brighton and Hove) for eight years from 1991 to 1999.[3] He became chairman of the Council's planning committee and of the licensing committee.[2] Thanks to his unusual name, he achieved national fame after the BBC Radio 2 presenter Terry Wogan used his name as scale against which to compare other interesting names.[2]
He was one of the first openly gay councillors in Britain.[3] He took part in Brighton's "Gay Pride" events for a number of years.[2] He convinced other councillors to allow gay clubs in Brighton to stay open after midnight.[4]
He was diagnosed as suffering from Hepatitis C in the late 1990s.[3] He became known locally as the face of southern England's Hepatitis C Campaign[citation needed] and was the face of Brighton and Hove's leading shopping centre for a while during which the shopping centre joined his appeal in return for having a leading politician's support.
Originally a Labour Party supporter, he joined the Green Party a few months before his death.
Death[edit]
He died of hepatitis-related liver failure in 2006.[2] His funeral took place at St Margaret's Church in Rottingdean on 20 July 2006.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Royal Grammar School High Wycombe: School List for Autumn Term 1965
- ^ a b c d e "Tributes to former councillor". The Argus. 5 July 2006. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ a b c Cohen, Benjamin (5 July 2006). "Gay campaigner Nimrod Ping dies aged 46". Pink News. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
- ^ Janet Cameron, LGBT Brighton & Hove, Amberley Publishing Limited, 2013 [1]
- ^ Rose Collis, Death and the City: The nation's experience, told through Brighton's history, Hanover Press, 2013, p. 29 [2]
- 2006 deaths
- Alumni of the Welsh School of Architecture
- Councillors in East Sussex
- Deaths from hepatitis
- Green Party politicians (UK)
- Infectious disease deaths in England
- Labour Party (UK) politicians
- People educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
- Gay politicians
- LGBT politicians from England
- LGBT architects
- Architects from Brighton
- 1947 births
