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

social scientist Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of soc ...

. He is known for his pioneering work in

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries betwe ...

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...

. 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 the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the B ...

. 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 non-denominational day and boarding boys' school. It is located at Bubuashie near Kaneshie in the Greater Accra Region. The school was established as a private secondary educational institution in 1931 and gained the status of a ...

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

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degre ...

for his undergraduate degree and continued to

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manha ...

for a master's degree and to the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institu ...

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 Akuafo Hall otherwise referred to as the Hall of Excellence is the second Hall of residence to be established in the University College of the Gold Coast now University of Ghana. The Hall has its own statutes governing the administration of its a ...

. 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