Nimrod Ping
Nimrod Ping was a British architect, politician and gay activist in Brighton, East Sussex, England.
Biography
Early life
After attending the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe from 1964 to 1966 he studied architecture at Cardiff University.Career
As an architect, he designed a Sainsbury's supermarket in Lewes Road, Brighton.Politics
Ping served as a councillor at Brighton Borough Council for eight years from 1991 to 1999. He became chairman of the council's planning committee and of its licensing committee. 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.He was one of the first openly gay councillors in Britain. He took part in Brighton's Pride events for a number of years. He convinced other councillors to allow gay clubs in Brighton to stay open after midnight.
He was diagnosed with hepatitis C in the late 1990s. He became known locally as the face of southern England's hepatitis C campaign.
Originally a Labour Party supporter, he joined the Green Party a few months before his death.