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Considered the "father of toxicology" because he published the first scientific treatise on the detection of posions and their effects
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India
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Known as the "Father of Criminal Identification". Developed Anthropomerty which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals
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Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary subject
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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. Gave proof of uniqueness.
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Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation. Published Criminal Investigation.
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Discovered the ABO blood groups, later received a Nobel Prize.
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Incorporated Gross' principles 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 the United States, located in Los Angeles.
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Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon.
