Colin Turnbull | |
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_holding_a_friend%27s_baby,_Gainesville,_Florida,_1993.jpg) Colin Turnbull holding a friend's baby, Gainesville, Florida, 1993 | |
| Born | November 23, 1924 London, England |
| Died | July 28, 1994 (aged 69) Virginia, US |
| Nationality | British, American |
| Citizenship | British, later American |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford Banaras Hindu University |
| Known for | The Forest People |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anthropology Ethnomusicology |
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.