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The first case ever recorded using forensic science. Someone had been stabbed in the village and in order to find the suspect they collected all of the knives from everyone that lived in the village. Because the flies were attracted to the traces of blood still left on the knife, they were able to figure out who the suspect was.
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Considered the Father of Toxicology because he published the first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals.
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India.
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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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Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect.
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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 Nobel Prize.
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Incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab; 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 type from dried blood.
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Established the First Crime Lab in United States, located in Los Angeles.
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Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon.
