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1248
13th century China
The first ever case recorded in forensic science. Used medicine and entomology for a case of someone murdered with a sickle. -
Mathieu Orfila
He was a chemist and and toxicologist who founded the branch of toxicology. -
William Herschel
Used thumbprints on documents to discovery workers in India. -
Alphonse Bertillon
Father of criminal identification and developer of anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals. -
Henry Faulds
Uses fingerprints to clear an innocent burglary suspect. -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Writer of Sherlock Holmes and 56 short stories that featured and popularized CSI and scientific crime detection. -
Francis Galton
Published "Fingerprints," First definitive study of fingerprints and their classification proving their uniqueness. -
Hans Gross
Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation. Published Criminal Investigation. -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered the ABO blood groups, later received Nobel Prize -
Edmond Locard
Incorporated Gross’ principles within a workable crime lab and became the founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France. -
Albert S. Osborn
Published Questioned Documents. Developed the fundamental principles of document examination -
Leone Lattes
Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood. -
August Vollmer
Established the First Crime Lab in United States, located in Los Angeles. -
Calvin Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon.
