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First case to ever use forensic science. In this case there was someone that was stabbed therefore all knives from everyone in the village were collected.
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Was the Spanish father of toxicology and he was also a chemist himself.
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developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
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Scottish physician that studied fingerprints and used them to eliminate innocent suspects
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Born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Came from a prosperous Irish Catholic family. He wrote books about popular scientific crime-detection methods as well as publishing Sherlock Holmes story.
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Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification.
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He was the first to write the first paper describing Scientific Principles to the field of criminal investigation.
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Discovered the ABO blood groups. He also received a Nobel Prize.
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Published Questioned Documents. He also developed principles of document examination.
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Became the founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France.
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Developed method for determining blood type from dried blood.
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First to use thumbprints on documents to identify individuals. Fingerprints were also used on contracts.
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Established the First Crime Lab in the United States, its location is in Los Angeles.
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Developed a comparison microscope, which was first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon.
