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a crime was solved using evidence from insects
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"Father of Forensic Toxicology"
Orfila worked to make chemical analysis part of forensic investigation -
Herschel used thumbprint evidence to identify individuals from India
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"Father of Identification"
Bertillon developed anthropometry, this uses body measurements to identify people -
Faulds used fingerprints to prove a suspect innocent in a burglary case
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Doyle published the first "CSI" novel (Sherlock Holmes), this made science crime-fighting popular
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Galton conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and the classification of them, this showed their uniqueness
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Gross published the first paper detailing the implementation of the scientific principles, he published "Criminal Investigation"
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Landsteiner received the Nobel prize for discovering the types of blood groups (ABO)
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integrated Gross' studies and finding into a workable crime lab, Locard became the director and founder of and institute for criminalistics
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Osborn published "Question Documents" and he developed the fundamental ideas and principle about document examination
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Lattes made a method for identifying blood type from dried blood
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Vollmer established the first crime lab in the U.S.
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Goddard developed the first comparison microscope (a microscope that shows two sample side-by-side), this microscope was first analyzed to identify bullet types
