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1300
13th Century China
This was the first criminal case! Someone was stabbed in China and so everyone's knives (within the village) were gathered. Once gathered, flies kept going to one of the knives which ultimately led to a suspect's confession -
Mathieu Orfila
Father of Toxicology; published paper on effects of poison on animals -
William Herschel
His work focused on the use of thumbprints for identification -
Alphonse Bertillion
Came up with anthropometry- using body measurements for identification -
Henry Fauld
Eliminated innocent suspect using fingerprints -
Sir Arthur Canon Doyle
Early CSI novelist- author of Sherlock Holmes series -
Francis Galton
Wrote Finger Prints: explained uniqueness and classification -
Hans Gross
Published Criminal Investigation book. Connected science and criminal law/investigation. -
Karl Landsteiner
Nobel Prize winner that discovered ABO blood groups -
Edmond Locard
Used Gross' discoveries and applied them to a real crime lab -
Albert S. Obsorn
Wrote Published Documents which was instrumental in document analysis (forgery, handwriting) -
Leone Lattes
Discovered how to type dry blood -
August Vollmer
Established 1st crime lab in the US (LA) -
Calvin Goddard
Came up with a comparison microscope which was initially used to compare bullets
