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13th Century China
First Case of Forensic Science ever used. The victim was stabbed to death, and the authorities used maggots to tell which knife had the victims blood on it. -
Mathieu Orfila
Father of Toxicology. Published the first scientific paper on the detection of poison and their effects on animals. -
William Herschel
Used thumbprints to identify his workers in India -
Alphonse Bertillion
Father of Criminal Identification. Developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals. -
Henry Fauld
Used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Published his first Sherlock Holmes story. Considered the first CSI, featured in four novels, and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime-detection methods. -
Francis Galton
Published "Finger Prints". Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification. -
Hans Gross
Published "Criminal Investigation" Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation. -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered the ABO blood groups -
Edmond Locard
Incorporated Gross' Principle within a workable crime lab, became the founder and director of the Institute of criminalistics at the university of Lyons, France -
Albert S. Osborn
Published "Questioned Documents". Developed the fundamental principles of document examination -
Leone Latte
Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood. -
August Vollmer
Established the first Crime Lab in United States. In Los Angeles. -
Calvin Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon
