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The first case ever recorded using forensic science. Someone was stabbed , and all of the knifes in the village were collected. Flies were attracted to the blood one of the knifes and that causes the suspect to confess
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Considered the "Father of Forensics". Chemist who published first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India
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Father of Criminal Identification, and developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements
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used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect
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Published the Sherlock Holmes stories
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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 filed of criminal investigation
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Discovered A,B,and O blood types
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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 United States, Located in Los Angeles
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Developed a comparison microscope, first used to compare bullets to if fired from the same weapon
