Caroline Wilkinson
{{Short description|British anthropologist}}
{{about|the 20th-century anthropologist|the 19th-century botanist|Caroline Catharine Wilkinson}}
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Caroline M. Wilkinson {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRSE|FRAI}} (born 27 October 1965) is a British anthropologist and academic, who specialises in forensic facial reconstruction. She has been a professor at the Liverpool John Moores University's School of Art and Design since 2014.{{cite web|title=Prof Caroline Wilkinson|url=https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/faculty-of-arts-professional-and-social-studies/liverpool-school-of-art-and-design/caroline-wilkinson|publisher=Liverpool John Moores University|accessdate=15 March 2018}} 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{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-21328380|title=Richard III: Facial reconstruction shows king's features|work=BBC News|date=5 February 2013|accessdate=29 December 2015}} and Robert the Bruce of Scotland in 2016.{{cite news|last1=Hannan|first1=Martin|title=Digital technology reveals the face of Robert the Bruce|url=http://www.thenational.scot/news/14955919.Digital_technology_reveals_the_face_of_Robert_the_Bruce/|accessdate=9 December 2016|work=The National|date=8 December 2016}}
Academic career
Wilkinson holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in facial anthropology from the University of Manchester (2000), and from 2000 to 2005 led the Unit of Art and Medicine at the university.{{cite news|last1=Lacey|first1=Hester|title=Facial reconstruction: interview with a forensic pioneer|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/cffb15ea-a742-11e4-8a71-00144feab7de.html|accessdate=29 December 2015|work=Financial Times|date=30 January 2015}} 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,[http://www.maa.org.uk/index.php/features/caroline-wilkinson Medical Artists' Association of Great Britain: Caroline Wilkinson. Accessed 12 February 2013] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312111559/http://www.maa.org.uk/index.php/features/caroline-wilkinson |date=12 March 2013 }} and also appeared on History Cold Case while working at the University of Dundee (2005 – 2014).
=Facial reconstruction=
In 2013, Wilkinson created a facial reconstruction of King Richard III, whose remains had been uncovered in a car park and positively identified using DNA.
In December that year, Wilkinson created a facial reconstruction of Saint Nicholas, working from anatomical knowledge, tissue depth data, and the latest reconstruction technology.[http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-john-moores-university-professor-8234749 "Real face of Father Christmas revealed at St Nicholas Primary School", Liverpool Echo, 5 December 2014]. Accessed 27 March 2015 From his skeletal remains, it was known that his broken nose had "healed asymmetrically, giving him a characteristic nose and rugged facial appearance".[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-30354994 BBC News - "Father Christmas: Saint Nicholas' face revealed", 6 December 2014]. Accessed 27 March 2015
In 2016, Wilkinson helped create facial reconstructions of Robert the Bruce, using a skull believed to have belonged to the Scottish king. Two versions were created, one standard one and another based on the belief that he had suffered from leprosy.
She is the author of several works on the subject of facial identification and depiction.
==Awards==
In 2012, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh{{Cite news|url=https://www.rse.org.uk/fellow/caroline-wilkinson/|title=Professor Caroline Mary Wilkinson FRSE - The Royal Society of Edinburgh|work=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|access-date=2018-06-26|language=en-GB}} and was awarded the 2013 RSE Senior Prize for Public Engagement. In 2014, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute (FRAI).{{cite web |title=Prof Caroline Wilkinson |url=https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/faculty-of-arts-professional-and-social-studies/liverpool-school-of-art-and-design/caroline-wilkinson |website=Liverpool School of Art and Design |publisher=Liverpool John Moores University |access-date=6 September 2023}}
Wilkinson was awarded the Combined Royal Colleges medal of the Royal Photographic Society in 2016, for "outstanding contribution to the advancement of medical photography or medical imaging."{{cite news|title=RPS Awards 2016|url=http://www.rps.org/news/2016/september/rps-awards-2016|accessdate=9 December 2016|work=Royal Photographic Society|date=19 September 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
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External links
- [https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/arts-professional-and-social-studies/liverpool-school-of-art-and-design/caroline-wilkinson Faculty page] at Liverpool John Moores University
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Category:Alumni of the University of Manchester
Category:British anthropologists
Category:British women anthropologists
Category:Academics of the University of Dundee
Category:Academics of Liverpool John Moores University
Category:Fellows of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland