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In 13th Century China, there was the first case ever recorded using forensic science. There was a murder, so all the knives in the town were collected and left out. Flies attracted to the knife with blood on it, which led to the confession of the murderer.
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He worked to make chemical analysis a routine part of forensic medicine, and made studies of asphyxiation and exhumation. He helped to develop tests for the presence of blood in a forensic context. He was the first to use a microscope to assess blood/semen stains.
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He used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India.
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He was the father of criminal identification. He developed anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
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He used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect.
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Published his first Sherlock Holmes story, considered the first "CSI," featured in four novels and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime-detection methods.
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Published "Finger Prints." 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 field of criminal investigation. Published "Criminal Investigation."
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Discovered the ABO blood groups, later received a Nobel Prize.
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Incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab. He 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 types from dried blood.
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Established the First Crime Lab in the United States, located in Los Angeles, California.
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Developed a comparison microscope, first used to compare bullets to see if they were fired from the same weapon.
