Founding Fathers of Forensics By Hcollier5270 1814 Mathieu Orfila wrote "Traite de Poisons" 1817 Matheiu Orfila founded the medical journal named Journal de Chimie Medicale. 1875 Francis Galton published the first weather map. 1879 Alphonse Bertillion developed the system of anthropometry. 1881 Alphonse Bertillion developed ways to measure unchanging facial features such as eye color. 1884 Francis Galton established the Anthropometric Laboratory to collect peoples' statistical data. 1887 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle writes the first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet. This novel helped to popularize forensic science. 1892 Francis Galton wrote the book Fingerprints that described a system for classifying fingerprints. 1893 Hans Gross published the book Criminal Investigation which discussed cross transfer of dirt, hair, fiber, and fingerprints. 1910 Albert S. Osborn published the book Questioned Documents. 1912 Hans Gross opened the Imperial Criminological Institute at the University of Graz. 1913 Calvin Goddard assisted in the invention of the comparison microscope. 1915 Leone Lattes found a method for restoring samples of dried blood so they could be tested for blood type. 1922 Albert S. Osborn published "The Problem of Proof." 1927 Doyle published the last Sherlock Holmes short story titled the Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place. 1929 Calvin Goddard examined the bullet casings from he Valentines Day massacre. 1932 Leone Lattes developed a system to determine blood type from dried blood. 1973 Walter McCrone examined the Vinland Map, a map said to come from the medieval times, and found that it was a fake. 1978 Walter C. McCrone examined the Shroud of Turin using polarized light microscopy. 1979 Sir Alec Jeffreys discovered a way to compare two sets of DNA in order to detect differences. 1984 Sir Alec Jeffreys developed the first DNA profiling test.
