Colin Turnbull Scientist

Colin Macmillan Turnbull (November 23, 1924 – July 28, 1994) was a British-American anthropologist who came to public attention with the popular books The Forest People (on the Mbuti Pygmies of Zaire) and The Mountain People (on the Ik people of Uganda), and one of the first anthropologists to work in the field of ethnomusicology.

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Colin Turnbull
Birth dateNovember 23, 1924
Birth place
London
Nationality
English American
Citizenship
Americans
British people
Date of deathJuly 28, 1994
Place of death
Virginia
Known for
The Forest People

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