Sue Black
Professor Dame Sue Black is one of the world’s leading anatomists and forensic anthropologists. Her expertise has been crucial to many high-profile criminals cases, and in 1999 she was the lead anthropologist for the British Forensic Team’s work in the war crimes investigations in Kosovo. She was one of the first forensic scientists to travel to Thailand following the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 to provide assistance in identifying the dead. In August 2018, she took up the post of Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Engagement at Lancaster University.
Books by Sue Black
Interviews with Sue Black
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Unnatural Causes: The Life and Many Deaths of Britain's Top Forensic Pathologist
by Richard Shepherd -
2
Death, Dissection and the Destitute: The Politics of the Corpse in Pre-Victorian Britain
by Ruth Richardson -
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The Trick to Time
by Kit de Waal -
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The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy
by Rachel Joyce -
5
Waiting for the Last Bus: Reflections on Life and Death
by Richard Holloway
The best books on Death, recommended by Sue Black
The best books on Death, recommended by Sue Black
As one of the most distinguished forensic anthropologists and human anatomists in the world, Professor Dame Sue Black has spent her working life in close proximity to death. Here she discusses the history of corpses supplied to anatomy houses, the misleading nature of shows like CSI, and how she intends to keep on teaching after her own death: by bequeathing her body.
