Ralph Bulmer | |
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| Born | Ralph Neville Hermon Bulmer April 3, 1928 Hereford, United Kingdom |
| Died | July 18, 1988 (aged 60) |
| Spouse(s) | Ellaine Bruce Susan Bulmer Lena Lane |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Cambridge |
| Alma mater | Australian National University |
| Academic work | |
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| Sub-discipline | Papuan linguistics |
Ralph Neville Hermon Bulmer (3 April 1928 – 18 July 1988) was a twentieth-century ethnobiologist who worked in Papua New Guinea, particularly with the Kalam people. From 1974 he made a radical shift by changing the role of his Kalam informants and collaborators, allowing them to shape the purpose of ethnography and to make them authors rather than consultants. Bulmer's tree frog (Ranoidea bulmeri) is named after him.