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First ever case recorded using forensic science. There was a stabbing in a Chinese village, and they tested different knifes on animals to determine which one was used and discovered it was a sickle, then had all the people lay their sickles out to investigate. Blow flies were attracted to the one used due to invisible leftover blood and tissue. This is entomology
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Father of forensic toxicology. He used different tests to prove there was arsenic found within a body that was previously proven to not haven any present, even though his last meal was laced with it
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Used thumbprints to document 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 4 Sherlock Holmes novels and 56 short stories. First CSI
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Published Finger Prints. Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification
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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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Incorporated Gross principles within a workable crime lab; became the founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University or 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, located in LA
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Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon
