Contributions to Forensic Science

  • 13th Century China
    1248

    13th Century China

    FIrst ever forensic science manual that was published by the Chinese. It was the first known medical knowledge used to report criminal cases. "The Washing Away of Wrongs" was written by Hsi Duan Yu.
  • Mathieu Orfila

    Mathieu Orfila

    He was the first to test poisons on different types of animals to see how they reacted. He was also the most influential and overlooked but respected for his crime detection.
  • William Herschel

    William Herschel

    He was a British ICS officer that was working in India and had used fingerprints for identification on contracts.
  • Alphonse Bertillon

    Alphonse Bertillon

    He developed the system for bofy meaurements to distinguish individuals called Anthropometry. He was also a French police officer and biometrics researcher.
  • Henry Faulds

    Henry Faulds

    He also used fingerprints but he used to them to eliminate the innocent burglary suspect. He was also a Sottish physican and missionary.
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    His first Sherlock Holmes story was published and was featured in 4 novels and 56 short stories.
  • Francis Galton

    Francis Galton

    Published "Finger Prints" and conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification. He classified as an antropologist.
  • Hans Gross

    Hans Gross

    He wrote the first known paper describing the application of scientific principles to the fiels of criminal investigation. Published "Criminal Investigation".
  • Karl Landsteiner

    Karl Landsteiner

    Discoverd the ABO blood types, and he later recieved a Nobel Peace Prize. Austrian biologist, physican, and immunologist.
  • Edmond Locard

    Edmond Locard

    Incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab; became the founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France.
  • Albert S. Osborn

    Albert S. Osborn

    Published Questioned Documents. Developed the fundamental principles of documnet examination.
  • Leone Lattes

    Leone Lattes

    Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood. Professor of forensic medicine at University of Turin, Italy.
  • August Vollmer

    August Vollmer

    Established the first cime lab in the United States, located in Los Angeles. Largest FBI lab,
  • Calvin Goddard

    Calvin Goddard

    Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if they were fired from the same gun.