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Bill Bass




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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avg rating: 4.15 | 770 ratings | 140 reviews | 9 distinct works | 13 fans
Death's Acre: Inside the Legen... 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
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Beyond the Body Farm: A Legend... 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
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Bodies We've Buried: Inside th... 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
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Human Osteology: A Laboratory... 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
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Death's Acre Death's Acre
by Bill Bass
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2004
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Forensic Osteology: Advances i... Forensic Osteology: Advances in the Identification of Human Remains
by Bill Bass
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 1998
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Death's Acre Death's Acre
by Bill Bass, Jon Jefferson, George Grizzard (Narrated by)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2004
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Beyond the Body Farm Beyond the Body Farm
by Bill Bass, William Bass, Jon Jefferson
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007
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Bodies We've Buried Bodies We've Buried
by Jarrett Hallcox, Amy Welch, Bill Bass (Foreword by)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2006
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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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"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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