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the first case ever recorded using forensic science. All knifes of a house got confiscated and flies were used to find out which knife was to kill someone.
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Considered the "Father of Forensic Toxicology". Mathieu Orfila is considered the modern father of toxicology, having given the subject its first formal treatment in 1813 in his Traité des poisons, also called Toxicologie générale.
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India.
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"Father of Criminal Identification"/ Developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
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Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect.
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Published his first Sherlock Homes 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 their 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 Nobel Prize.
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Published Questioned Documents, Developed the fundamental principles of doucument examination.
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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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Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood.
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Established the First Crime Lab in 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.
