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George Bass (born Jan. 30, 1771, Aswarby, Lincolnshire, Eng.—died 1803, at sea en route from Australia to South America) was a surgeon and sailor who was important in the early coastal survey of Australia. Bass was apprenticed as a surgeon and in 1789 accepted in the Company of Surgeons.
George Bass (1771-1803), surgeon and sailor, was born on 30 January 1771 at Aswarby in Lincolnshire, England, the only child of George Bass, a tenant farmer, and his wife Sarah, née Newman. When his father died in 1777 George moved with his mother to Boston.
Mar 19, 2021 · George F. Bass, who was often called the father of underwater archaeology, scouring shipwrecks for revelatory artifacts and developing new techniques for exploring the ocean, died on March 2 at...
George Bass was a pioneer in the field of underwater archaeology and founder of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology. As the first archaeologist to excavate underwater using the same principles and standards as excavations on land, he helped revolutionize an entirely new field.
George Bass was an English surgeon and sailor. He was important in the early exploration of the Australian coast. Bass Strait, the body of water that separates Australia and Tasmania, was named after him. George Bass was born on January 30, 1771, in Aswarby, Lincolnshire, England. He became a surgeon in 1789.
George Bass was a surgeon and navigator primarily remembered for his part in four maritime expeditions along the coast of Australia between 1795 and 1799. The first two of these, both undertaken with Matthew Flinders in boats called The Tom Thumb, charted the coast of New South Wales between Sydney and Lake Illawarra.
Jul 13, 2015 · George Bass was born on 30 January 1771 in Aswarby, a small village in Lincolnshire, England. From a young age, Bass displayed an intense passion for the sea and its vast expanse. He took to his studies diligently, focusing on medicine at the notable Guys Hospital in London.
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