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George Bass ( / bæs /; 30 January 1771 – after 5 February 1803) was a British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia . Early years [ edit] Bass was born on 30 January 1771 at Aswarby, a hamlet near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, [1] the son of a tenant farmer, George Bass, and a local beauty named Sarah (née Newman). [2] .
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...
Learn about George Bass, the founder of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology and the first archaeologist to excavate underwater using land standards. Discover his achievements, awards, and legacy in the field of underwater archaeology and the Mediterranean world.
Learn about George Bass, a British explorer who charted the coast of Australia and proved Tasmania was an island. Find out his biography, achievements, voyages and disappearance.
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.
