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The Fist case ever recorded using forensic science. It was someone who was stabbed and all the knives in the village were collected and flies flew to the knife and the suspect confessed
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He was considered father of toxicology and dealt with poison .
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He used finger prints on documents to identify workers in India
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Father of criminal identification and invented anthropometry which uses body measurement
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Used fingerprints to eliminate innocent burglary suspect
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Published his first Sherlock Holmes story. Considered the CSI. Featured in 4 novels and 56 short stories.
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conducted the first investigation on fingerprints and their classifications which gave proof of their uniqueness.
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Wrote first paper describing the application of scientific principle to the field of criminal investigation.
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Discovered the ABO blood groups and won Nobel prize
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incorporated gross principle within workable crime labs. Became founder and director of the institute of criminalistics
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Published Questioned documents and developed the fundamental principle of document examination
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Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood.
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Established first Crime lab in the U.S. located in LA
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Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from same weapon