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He was the first to document the different types of fingerprints.
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He describes nine different types of fingerprint patterns.
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He was a British surgeon and he described the fingerprints of people as a unique identifier of that person and the way to retrieve fingerprints was to use printer ink.
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He was employed by the U.S. Geological Survey in New Mexico, and he used his own fingerprints on a document to guard against forgery. This event is the first known use of fingerprints for identification in America.
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Began studying fingerprints to try to find a tool to determine genetic history.
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He was the first one to publish a book over the different types of fingerprint patterns which include whorls, loops and arches.
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Henry developed a system of his own, which included 1,024 primary classifications.
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He was responsible for the first criminal identification of a fingerprint without a known suspect.
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This is the first time government uses fingerprints in the jobs of forensic science more frequently.
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These places begin to start utilizing fingerprinting.
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Within three years, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps also started focusing on using fingerprints to identify enemies.
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It is established in Ottawa by Edward Foster of the Dominion Police Force. It had 2000 fingerprints stored and now has over 2 million.
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By 1946, the F.B.I. had processed 100 million fingerprint cards; that number doubles by 1971.
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Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems began to anaylze fingerprints using computers to cross reference fingerprints.
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He creates Fingerprint America in Albany, NY. The company provides an at-home fingerprinting and identification kit for parents, maintaining the family’s privacy while protecting and educating children about the dangers of abduction. By 2001, the company distributes over 5 million Child ID Fingerprinting Kits around the world.
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Babylonians use fingerprints to complete transactions.
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A petroglyph located on a cliff face in Nova Scotia depicts a hand with exaggerated ridges and finger whorls, presumably left by the Mi'kmaq people.
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Chinese use fingerprints to sign documents.
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