Bruce Rigsby (1937 – March 19, 2022)[1] was an American-Australian anthropologist specializing in the languages and ethnography of native peoples on both continents.
He obtained his bachelor's degree at the University of Louisville in international studies, specializing in the area of the Soviet bloc.
He then went on to obtain a PhD in anthropology at the University of Oregon, doing fieldwork to gather materials on the Umatilla and Yakama in 1963.
In 1975 he became head of the new department of Anthropology at University of Queensland, and directed his interests towards the languages and tribes of the Eastern Cape York Peninsula, and Princess Charlotte Bay.
[5] Comments by Peter Sutton and other colleagues on his career are available at a video recording the launching of a festschrift in his honour, available on YouTube.