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1201
13th Century China
The first case ever reported was at this time. There was a stabbing in a village, so to try to figure out who did it, the investigators collected knives all througout the village. They studied the knives, and entually found the suspect. -
Mathieu Orfila
This man was concidered the "Father of Toxicology" because he studied different fluids and determined how they can be used in an investigation. -
William Herschel
Used thumbprints to identify workers in India. -
Alphonse Bertillon
"Father of Criminal Identification". He developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals. -
Henry Faulds
Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect. -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
He published his first Sherlock Holmes story; Considered the first “CSI”, featured in four novels and 56 short stories, and popularized scientific crime-detection methods. -
Francis Galton
He published "Finger Prints", conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification, and gave proof of their uniqueness. -
Hans Gross
He wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation, and published "Criminal Investigation". -
Karl Landsteiner
he discovered the ABO blood groups, and eventually received a Nobel Prize. -
Edmond Locard
Locard incorporated Gross’ principles within a workable crime lab, and became the founder/director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France. -
Albert S. Osborn
He published "Questioned Documents" and developed the fundamental principles of document examination. -
Leone Lattes
He developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood. -
August Vollmer
He established the First Crime Lab in United States, located in Los Angeles. -
Calvin Goddard
Goddard developed a comparison microscope which was first used to compare bullets to see if they were fired from the same weapon.
