Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: William Ross Maples , Ph. D. ( Dallas , Texas ; August 7 , 1937 - Gainesville , Florida ; February 27 , 1997 ) was a noted forensic anthropologist working at the C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory at the Florida Museum of Natural History .
Simplified: William Ross Maples , Ph. D. ( Dallas , Texas ; August 7 , 1937 - Gainesville , Florida ; February 27 , 1997 ) was a forensic anthropologist . He worked at the C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory at the Florida Museum of Natural History .