Colin Turnbull, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Colin Turnbull

British American anthropologist

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1924

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 28-Jul-1994

Profession: anthropologist, musicologist, ethnomusicologist

Nationality: United States, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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.