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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.
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Father of Toxicology. Published the first scientific paper on the detection of poison and their effects on animals.
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Used thumbprints to identify his workers in India
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Father of Criminal Identification. Developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
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Used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect
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Published his first Sherlock Holmes story. Considered the first CSI, featured in four novels, and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime-detection methods.
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Published "Finger Prints". Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification.
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Published "Criminal Investigation" Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation.
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Discovered the ABO blood groups
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Incorporated Gross' Principle within a workable crime lab, became the founder and director of the Institute of criminalistics at the university of Lyons, France
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Published "Questioned Documents". Developed the fundamental principles of document examination
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Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood.
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Established the first Crime Lab in United States. In Los Angeles.
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Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon
