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1300 BCE
13th Century China
1st recorded case using Forensics Science. Victim was stabbed in a village, so knives were collected from everyone. Flies landed on the knife that had blood on it, which ended up leading to the perpetrator -
Mathieu Orfila
Chemist who published 1st scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals -
William Herschel
Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India -
Alphonse Bertillon
Developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish criminals -
Henry Faulds
Used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author of Sherlock Holmes -
Francis Galton
Conducted first definite study of fingerprints and their classification. Proved all fingerprints are unique -
Hans Gross
Wrote first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered ABO blood groups, got Noble Prize -
Albert S. Osborn
Developed the fundamental principles of document examination. Published "Questioned Documents" -
Leone Lattes
Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood. -
August Vollmer
Established the First Crime Lab in the United States, located in Los Angeles -
Calvin Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired by the same weapon
