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The first ever recorded case recorded of forensic science. Someone was stabbed and all of the knives in the village were collected flies were attracted to the traces of blood and only landed on one knife, leading to a confession.
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Known as the Father of Toxicology. He was a chemist who was the first person to publish a paper on detecting poisons and their effects on animals.
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India.
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Known as the Father of Criminal Identification. Developed Anthropometry 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; Considreed the first CSI featured in dour 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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Wrote the first paper describing the application of the scientific principals to the field of criminal investigation. Published Criminal Investigation.
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Discovered the ABO blood groups, and later received a Nobel Prize.
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Incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab; became the founder and director of the institute of the Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France.
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Published Questioned Documents. Developed the fundamental principles of document examination.
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Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood.
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Established the first crime lab in United States, located in Los Angeles.
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Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets and to see if fired from the same gun.
