Forensic Science

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  • Jan 1, 700

    Chinese used fingerprints to establish identity of documents and clay sculptures

  • Jan 1, 1000

    Roman courts determined that bloody palm prints were used to frame a man in his brother’s murder

    Roman courts determined that bloody palm prints were used to frame a man in his brother’s murder
  • Jan 1, 1149

    King Richard of England introduced the idea of the coroner to investigate questionable death

  • Jan 1, 1200

    A murder in China is solved when flies were attracted to invisible blood residue on a sword of a man in the community

  • Fidelus was first to practice forensic medicine in Italy

    Fidelus was first to practice forensic medicine in Italy

  • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek constructed the first high-powered microscope

    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek constructed the first high-powered microscope

  • Paul Revere identified the body of General Joseph Warren based on the false teeth he had made for him

    Link: http://www.revolutionary-war-and-beyond.com/facts-on-paul-revere.html

  • John Toms convicted of murder on basis of torn edge of wad of paper in pistol matching a piece of paper in his pocket

  • Gustav Kirchhoff and Robert Bunsen developed the science of spectroscopy.

  • Crime scene photography developed

    Link: http://www.forensicmag.com/article/crime-scene-photography-capturing-scene

  • Alphonse Bertillon developed a system to identify people using particular body measurements

    Link: http://onin.com/fp/fphistory.html

  • Edward Henry developed first classification system for fingerprint identification

    Link: http://www.fingerprintamerica.com/fingerprinthistory.asp

  • Karl Landsteiner identified human blood groups

  • Edmond Locard formulated his famous principle, “Every contact leaves a trace.”

    Link: http://www.blurtit.com/q4505546.html

  • Francis Aston developed the mass spectrometer.

    Francis Aston developed the mass spectrometer.

  • James Watson and Francis Crick discover the DNA double helix

    James Watson and Francis Crick discover the DNA double helix

  • AFIS developed by FBI, fully automated in 1996

  • Jeffreys developed and used first DNA tests to be applied to a criminal case