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Bill Bass

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born

August 30, 1928

gender

male

place of birth

Staunton, Virginia, The United States

website

http://jeffersonbass.com/

genre

Science, Nonfiction

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William M. Bass is a U.S. forensic anthropologist, renowned for his research on human osteology and human decomposition. He has also assisted federal, local, and non-US authorities in the identification of human remains. He taught at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and though currently retired from teaching, still plays an active research role at the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility, which he founded. The Facility is more popularly known as the "Body Farm", a name used by crime author Patricia Cornwell in a novel of the same name, which drew inspiration from Dr. Bass and his work. Bass has also described the body fa...more

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avg rating: 4.15 | 770 ratings | 140 reviews | 9 distinct works | 13 fans

	Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales by Bill Bass, Jon Jefferson avg rating 4.27 — 447 ratings — published 2003 13 editions	my rating:
	Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science by Bill Bass, Jon Jefferson avg rating 3.87 — 182 ratings — published 2007 6 editions	my rating:
	Bodies We've Buried: Inside the National Forensic Academy, the World's Top Csi Training School by Jarrett Hallcox, Bill Bass (Foreword), Amy Welch avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2006 3 editions	my rating:
	Human Osteology: A Laboratory and Field Manual (Special Publications (Missouri Archaeological Society), No. 2.) by Bill Bass avg rating 4.00 — 15 ratings — published 1987 3 editions	my rating:
	Death's Acre by Bill Bass avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2004	my rating:
	Forensic Osteology: Advances in the Identification of Human Remains by Bill Bass avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1998	my rating:
	Death's Acre by Bill Bass, Jon Jefferson, George Grizzard (Narrated by) avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2004	my rating:
	Beyond the Body Farm by Bill Bass, William Bass, Jon Jefferson avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007	my rating:
	Bodies We've Buried by Jarrett Hallcox, Amy Welch, Bill Bass (Foreword by) avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2006	my rating:

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quotes by Bill Bass

"I once worked a case involving a house fire in which several young children had burned to death. It wasn't their charred bodies that upset me; it was the glimpse of a tricycle and a few other toys scattered in the yard outside: reminders of the life that had been snuffed out by the fire."
— Bill Bass (Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales)

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"I'm sure the makers of Downy would be pleased to know that their product makes even mummified human skin soft and fragrant. "
— Bill Bass (Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales)

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