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Obituary: Colin Turnbull

Thursday 04 August 1994 23:02 BST
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Colin Turnbull, anthropologist and author, died Kilmarnock, Virginia 28 July, aged 69. His works include The Forest People (1961), a study of a group of African pygmies known as the Mbuti, and The Mountain People (1972), about the Ik hunters of Northern Uganda. Taught at American universities including Virginia Commonwealth (1972-75), Hofstra (1969-72) and George Washington.

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