His mother received a degree in home economics in 1925. His father was a manager of gold mines and limestone quarries. Though currently retired from teaching, Bass still plays an active research role in the University's forensic anthropology program.īass was born in Staunton, Virginia to Marvin and Jenny Bass. Jefferson and Bass, under the pen name "Jefferson Bass", have also written several fictional works: Carved In Bone, Flesh and Bone, The Devil's Bones, Bones of Betrayal, The Bone Thief, The Bone Yard, The Inquisitor's Key, Cut To the Bone, and The Breaking Point. Bass has also described the body farm as "Death's Acre" – the title of the book on his life and career, co-written with journalist Jon Jefferson. 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 Bass and his work. He taught at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, and founded the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, the first such facility in the world. authorities in the identification of human remains. He has also assisted federal, local, and non-U.S. William Marvin Bass III (born August 30, 1928) is an American forensic anthropologist, best known for his research on human osteology and human decomposition. Research on human decomposition and osteologyįounder of the body farm at the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility
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