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13 BCE
13th Century China
1st Case ever recorded using Forensic Science. When someone was stabbed, all of the knives in the village were collected. Flies were attached to the traces of blood and land on only 1 of the knives, causing the suspect to confess. -
Mathieu Orfila
"Father Of Forensic Toxicology"
Chemist who published 1st scientific paper on detection of poison's & their effects on animals. -
William Herschel
Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India. -
Alphonse Bertillon
" Father Of Criminal Identification"
Developed Anthropometry , uses body measurements to distinguish individuals. -
Henry Fauld
Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect. -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Published his 1st Sherlock Holmes story
Considered the 1st "CSI", ft. in 4 novels & 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime - detection methods -
Francis Galton
Published Finger Prints.
Conducted 1st definitive study of fingerprints & classification.
Gave proof of their uniqueness. -
Hans Gross
Published Criminal Investigation.
Wrote 1st paper describing application of Scientific Principles to field of criminal investigation. -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered A,B,O Blood groups.
Received Nobel Prize -
Edmond Locard
Incorporated Gross' principles within a workable Crime Lab.
Founder & Director of the Institute of Criminalistic at the University Of Lyons, France. -
Albert S. Osborn
Published Questioned Documents.
Developed fundamental principles of Document Examination -
Leone Lattes
Devetloped a method for determining blood type from dry blood -
August Vollmer
Established the 1st Crime Lab in U.S., located in Los Angeles. -
Calvin Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope; First used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon
