William R. Maples

William Ross Maples, Ph.D. (1937–1997) was a noted forensic anthropologist working at the C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory at the Florida Museum of Natural History. His specialty was the study of bones. He worked on many high-profile criminal investigations, many of them concerning historical figures such as Francisco Pizarro, the Romanov family, Joseph Merrick (known as "Elephant Man"), President Zachary Taylor and Medgar Evers. His insights often proved beneficial in closing cases that otherwise may have remained unsolved.

Dr. William Ross Maples
Born	(1937-08-07)August 7, 1937 Dallas, Texas
Died	February 27, 1997(1997-02-27) (aged 59) Gainesville, Florida, U.S.
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	University of Texas
Scientific career
Fields	forensic anthropologist
Institutions	University of Florida

He is the author of Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Unusual and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist (co-authored by Michael Browning). The book chronicles tell of his career from the inception of his fascination with anthropology through to some of his high-profile forensic cases.

Personal life

Maples married Margaret Kelly in 1958. They had two children, Lisa and Cynthia. Maples completed his doctorate at the University of Texas at Austin in 1967. On February 27, 1997 he died at his home in Gainesville, Florida from a cancerous brain tumor.[1]

References

1. Herszenhorn, David M. (March 1, 1997). "William R. Maples, 59, dies; Anthropologist of Big Crimes". The New York Times. Retrieved December 28, 2014.

• Goza, W M (1999), "William R. Maples, forensic historian: four men, four centuries, four countries", J. Forensic Sci. (published Jul 1999), 44 (4), pp. 692–4, PMID 10432600
• Falsetti, A B (1999), "A thousand tales of dead men: the forensic anthropology cases of William R. Maples, Ph.D", J. Forensic Sci. (published Jul 1999), 44 (4), pp. 682–6, PMID 10432599

• Maples, William R. and Browning, Michael (1994). Dead Men Do Tell Tales. (ISBN 0-385-47968-9) Existe versión en español "Los muertos también hablan" (2006)

External links

• C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory
• The William R. Maples Center for Forensic Medicine
• The William R. Maples Collection Digital Collection of William R. Maples works, documents, photos and research. Maintained by the Florida Gulf Coast University Library.