Herbert Claudius Ayikwei Bulley (1925–2002) was a Ghanaian

social scientist Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among members within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the ...

. He is known for his pioneering work in

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Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

. He was a founding faculty member of the Department of Psychology at the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It is the oldest public university in the country. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the British colony of the Gold Coast ...

. Bulley is a former Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the

Early life

H. C. Ayikwei Bulley was born in 1925. He was educated at the

Accra Academy Accra Academy is a Single-sex education, boys' high school located at Bubuashie near Kaneshie in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. It admits both boarding and day students. Founded as a private school in 1931, it gained the status of a Government ...

for his secondary education, completing in 1944. He went on to study at the

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for his undergraduate degree and continued to

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for a master's degree and to the

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for a second master's degree.

Career

Bulley began his teaching career at the

as a lecturer in the Sociology department. In October 1967, he was transferred to the Psychology department to support Cyril Edwin Fiscian in starting the department. With his arrival, the teaching staff numbered only two. In the Lent term, Gustav Jahoda, Professor of Psychology at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow came in as visiting professor. Bulley became the chair of the Department of Psychology, and acted for many years. On 10 January 1968, Bulley was made Vice-Master of Akuafo Hall. On 1 April 1968 he was made Senior Tutor of Akuafo Hall and was appointed in that same year to act as Hall Master from 1968 to 1975. On 21 January 1981 he delivered a public lecture marking the Golden Jubilee of the

chaired by Nathan Quao at the British Council Hall in Accra.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bulley, Ayikwei 1925 births 2002 deaths Alumni of the Accra Academy Ghanaian educators Academic staff of the University of Ghana Alumni of the University of London Columbia University alumni