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Contributor's Timeline

  • Marcello Malpighi

    Marcello Malpighi

    Italy
    Professor of Anatomy at the University of Bologna
    First Recorded Notes about Fingerprint Characteristics
  • Carl Wilhelm Scheele

    Carl Wilhelm Scheele

    Sweden
    Devised the first Successful Test for Detecting the Poison Arsenic in Corpse
  • Francois-Emmanuel Fodere

    Francois-Emmanuel Fodere

    France
    A Treatise on Forensic Medicine and Public Health
  • Valentin Ross

    Valentin Ross

    Germany
    Discovered a more Precise Method for Detecting Small Amounts of Arsenic in the Walls of a Victim's Stomach
  • Mathieu Orfila

    Mathieu Orfila

    Spain
    Father of Forensic Science
    Published the first Scientific Treatise on the Detection of Poisons and their Effects on Animals
  • William Nichol

    William Nichol

    Invented the Polarizing Microscope
  • Henri-Louis Bayard

    Formulated the first Procedures for Microscopic Detection of Sperm
  • James Marsh

    James Marsh

    Scotland
    Testified on the Detection of Arsenic in a Victim's Body
  • Alphonse Bertillon

    Alphonse Bertillon

    France
    Devised the First System of Personal Identification
  • Arthur Conan Doyle

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    Had Considerable Influence on Popularizing Scientific Crime-Detection Methods Including Serology, Fingerprinting, Firearms Identification, and Questioned-Document Examination
  • Francis Henry Galton

    Francis Henry Galton

    England
    Published a Book Called Finger Prints
    Contained the First Statistical Proof Supporting the Uniqueness of his Method of Personal Identification
  • Hans Gross

    Hans Gross

    Austria
    Wrote the First Treatise Describing the Application of Scientific Disciplines to the Field of Criminal Investigation
  • Karl Landsteiner

    Karl Landsteiner

    Discovered that Blood Can Be Grouped Into DIfferent Categories