Bill Bass
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born
August 30, 1928
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male
place of birth
Staunton, Virginia, The United States
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Science, Nonfiction
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Jon Jefferson
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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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Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales by Bill Bass, Jon Jefferson avg rating 4.24 — 379 ratings — published 2003 11 editions |
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Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science by Bill Bass, Jon Jefferson avg rating 3.93 — 151 ratings — published 2007 6 editions |
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Bodies We've Buried: Inside the National Forensic Academy, the World's Top CSI Training School by Jarrett Hallcox, Amy Welch avg rating 4.15 — 27 ratings — published 2006 3 editions |
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Der Knochenleser: Der Gründer der legendären Body Farm erzählt by Bill Bass, Jon Jefferson Sebastian Vogel avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2006 2 editions |
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"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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— Bill Bass (Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales)
"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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— Bill Bass (Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales)
