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Archaeologist, discoverd fingerprints pressed into clay tablet that dates back to 1792-1750 BC.
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In western culture, the earliest record of the study of the pattern on human hands comes from 1684. Nehemiah wrote a paper describing the patterns that he saw on human hands under the microscope, including the presence of ridges.
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Johann christoph adreas mayor followed Dr. Nehimiah work in 1788 by describing that the arrenagment of skin ridges never duplicated in two persons.
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in 1823 Jan purkyn described 9 distinct fingerprint patterns, including loops, spirals, circles, and double whorls
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Began collecting fingerprints in 1856. He noted the patterns were unique to each person and were not alterd by age
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In 1879, Alphonse Bertillon, an assistant clerk in the records office at the police station in Paris a way to identify criminals.
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Sir francis Galton verified that fingerprints do not chnage with age.
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In 1891 he began to note measurements on the identification cards of all arrested persons as well as adding 10 fingerprint impressions
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In 1896 sir Edmund Richard Henry created a system that divided fingerprints records into groups based on weather they have an arch whorl or loop pattern
