Leo Kuper (20 November 1908 – 23 May 1994)[2][3] was a South African sociologist specialising in the study of genocide.
His siblings included his sister Mary (d. 1948), who in later life directed the Johannesburg Legal Aid Bureau.
[1] At Birmingham, Kuper directed a research project intended to help the city of Coventry recover from the bombing it received during World War II.
[6] During his time in Durban, Kuper co-founded the Liberal Party of South Africa,[7][8][9][10] and became chairman of its Natal branch.
[3] On 6 December 1956, Kuper and Alan Paton spoke on behalf of the Liberal Party at a fundraising event in Durban in aid of the Treason Trial defendants.
[11] During the 1960s, Kuper moved to Los Angeles, California, United States, where he took up teaching and researching at UCLA and was appointed professor of sociology.