Caroline Wilkinson
Caroline M. Wilkinson (born 27 October 1965) is a British anthropologist who has been a professor at Liverpool John Moores University since 2014.[1] She is best known for her work in forensic facial reconstruction and has been a contributor to many television programmes on the subject, as well as the creator of a reconstructed head of King Richard III of England.[2]
Wilkinson holds a PhD in facial anthropology from the University of Manchester (2000), and from 2000 to 2005 led the Unit of Art and Medicine at the university.[3]
She first became known to television audiences as a result of her regular appearances on the BBC series Meet the Ancestors,[4] and also appeared on History Cold Case while working at the Centre for Anatomy & Human Identification (CAHID) at the University of Dundee (2005 – 2014).
In December 2014, Professor Wilkinson created a facial reconstruction of St Nicholas, working from anatomical knowledge, tissue depth data, and the latest reconstruction technology.[5] From his skeletal remains, it was known that his broken nose had "healed asymmetrically, giving him a characteristic nose and rugged facial appearance".[6]
She is the author of several works on the subject of facial reconstruction.
Professor Wilkinson was awarded the Combined Royal Colleges medal of the Royal Photographic Society in 2016.
Works
- "Juvenile forensic facial reconstruction – a detailed accuracy study" (with Whittaker, DK). Proceedings of the 10th Meeting of the International Association of Craniofacial Identification, Bari, Italy; 98-110 (2002)
- "Measurement of eyeball protrusion and its application in facial reconstruction." (with Mautner, SA.) J For Sci 48 (1) 12-16 (2003)
- "The reconstruction of faces showing healed wounds."(with Neave, RAH) J Archaeological Science 30; 1343-1348 (2003)
- "The relationship between the soft tissues and the skeletal detail of the mouth." (with Motwani, M and Chiang, E.) J For Sci. 48 (4) 1-5 (2003)
- "In vivo facial tissue depth measurements for White British children". J. Forensic Sci 47 (3): 459-465
- Forensic Facial Reconstruction (Cambridge University Press, 2008) ISBN 0-521-09012-1
- "Craniofacial Identification" (Cambridge University Press, 2012) Co-editor. ISBN 978-0-521-76862-7
References
- ↑ "Faculty of Science". Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ↑ "Richard III: Facial reconstruction shows king's features". BBC News. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ↑ Lacey, Hester (30 January 2015). "Facial reconstruction: interview with a forensic pioneer". Financial Times. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ↑ Medical Artists' Association of Great Britain: Caroline Wilkinson. Accessed 12 February 2013 Archived March 12, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Real face of Father Christmas revealed at St Nicholas Primary School", Liverpool Echo, 5 December 2014. Accessed 27 March 2015
- ↑ BBC News - "Father Christmas: Saint Nicholas' face revealed", 6 December 2014. Accessed 27 March 2015
External links
- Faculty page at Liverpool John Moores University
- Caroline Wilkinson at the Internet Movie Database