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The first ever case recorded in forensic science. Used medicine and entomology for a case of someone murdered with a sickle.
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He was a chemist and and toxicologist who founded the branch of toxicology.
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Used thumbprints on documents to discovery workers in India.
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Father of criminal identification and developer of anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
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Uses fingerprints to clear an innocent burglary suspect.
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Writer of Sherlock Holmes and 56 short stories that featured and popularized CSI and scientific crime detection.
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Published "Fingerprints," First definitive study of fingerprints and their classification proving 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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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.
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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 see if fired from the same weapon.
