William M. Bass

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August 30, 1928 in Staunton, Virginia, The United States

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http://jeffersonbass.com/

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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 Farm as "Death's Acre" and Beyond The Body F...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 3,256 ratings · 347 reviews · 3 distinct works

	Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales by William M. Bass, Jon Jefferson (Goodreads Author) 4.22 avg rating — 1,844 ratings — published 2003 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Human Osteology: A Laboratory and Field Manual (Special Publications of the Missouri Archaeological Society, No. 2.) by William M. Bass, Bill Blass 4.29 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1971 — 5 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 (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 919 ratings — published 2007 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Forensic Osteology: Advances in the Identification of Human Remains by Kathleen J. Reichs, William M. Bass, Bill Blass (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Carved in Bone LP by Jefferson Bass, Jon Jefferson (Goodreads Author), William M. Bass 3.86 avg rating — 2,376 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Bis Auf Die Knochen by Jefferson Bass, William M. Bass, Elvira Willems (Übersetzer) 3.99 avg rating — 1,744 ratings — published 2007 — 17 editions	My rating:
	Bodies We've Buried: Inside the National Forensic Academy, the World's Top CSI Training School by Jarrett Hallcox, William M. Bass (Foreword), Amy Welch 3.94 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	My rating:

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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. ”
― William M. Bass, Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales

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“We’re organisms; we’re conceived, we’re born, we live, we die, and we decay. But as we decay we feed the world of the living: plants and bugs and bacteria.”
― William M. Bass, Death's Acre: Inside the Legendary Forensic Lab the Body Farm Where the Dead Do Tell Tales

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