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First case ever recorded using forensic science. Someone was stabbed, so all of the knives in the village were collected. Flies were attracted to the traces of blood and landed on only one of the knives, so the suspect confessed
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Considered the "Father of Forensic Toxicology". Published first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their effect on animals
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India
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Father of Criminal Identification. Developed anthropology which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
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Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect
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Published his first Sherlock Holmes story; Considered the first CSI. featured four novels and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime-detection methods
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Published "Finger Prints". Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification. Gave proof of their uniqueness
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Published "Criminal Investigations" Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation
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Discovered the ABO blood groups, later received a Nobel Prize
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Published "Questioned Documents" Developed the fundamental principles of document examination
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Incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab' became the founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France
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Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood.
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Established the first crime lab in the United States, located in Los Angeles.
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Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if it fired from the same weapon.
