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Marcello Malpighi
Noticed the ridges, spirals, and loops. -
John Purkinje
Published a discussion of 9 fingerprint patterns. -
Sir William Herschel
Required Indians to sign with prints. -
Dr. Henry Faulds
Recognized their importance in identification. -
Sir Francis Galton
Published Finger Prints. -
Juan Vucetich
Created a classification system in Argentina. -
Sir Edward Richard Henry’s
Classification system included grouping by the 3 key patterns.The Henry System is still in use today. -
The New York City Civil Service Commission
Adopts fingerprints for personal identification of all applicants; the first in the U.S. -
Will West Case
Used to use the Bertillon system of measurement to identify suspects. Will West was brought to Leavenworth Penitentiary and his Bertillon measurements matched those of another prisoner, William West, already incarcerated for murder. -
World's Fair in St. Louis
Representatives from Scotland Yard train several U.S. Police officials. -
The U.S. Army
Began using fingerprints. -
FBI
Identififcation Division established. -
Introduction
Of Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) -
International Association for Identification (IAI)
Voted to establish the world's first certification program for fingerprint experts. -
AFIS computerized fingerprint database
That can search through millions of records in a short period of time.It provides a list of potential identification “hits.”