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Caroline Wilkinson

Born October 27, 1965 (59 years)
Caroline M. Wilkinson (born 27 October 1965) is a British anthropologist who has been a professor at the Liverpool John Moores University's School of Art and Design since 2014. 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 reconstructed heads of kings Richard III of England in 2013 and Robert the Bruce of Scotland in 2016.

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. Between 2005 and 2014 she taught at the University of Dundee in the award-winning Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, where from 2011 she was Professor of Craniofacial Identification and Head of Human Identification.

She first became known to television audiences as a result of her regular appearances on the BBC series Meet the Ancestors, and also appeared on History Cold Case while working at the University of Dundee (2005 – 2014).

Filmography

2021
Killer at the Crime Scene (TV Series) · as Self - Anthropologist
2021
Cold Case History (TV Series) · as Self - Anthropologist
2013
Treasures Decoded (TV Series) · as Self - Facial Anthropologist, Liverpool John Moores University
2013
Secrets (TV Series) · as Self - University Of Dundee
2013
Richard III: The Unseen Story · as Self - Craniofacial Identification
2013
Chivalry and Betrayal: The Hundred Years War (TV Series) · as Self - University Of Dundee
2013
Richard III: The King in the Car Park · as Self - Craniofacial Identification
2010
2010
History Cold Case (TV Series) · as Self
2009
2008
Egypt Unwrapped (TV Series) · as Self
2001
Real Crime (TV Series) · as Self - Forensic Anthropologist
1980
Granada Reports (TV Series) · as Self - Face Lab

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