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The first ever recorded case using forensic science was when people brought all the knives out to find out who stabbed the victim and used the flies to find the culprit, as they were still attracted to the traces of blood on the murder weapon.
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This chemist published the first paper on the the observation of poisons and how they hurt animals and became known as the Father of Forensic Toxicology
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This man used thumbprints of Indian workers to identify them
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Used the measurement of individual's bodies to tell them apart, now referred to as the, "Father of Criminal Identification."
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Fingerprints were used by this man to stop an innocent burglary suspect from paying for a crime they didn't commit.
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Author of "Sherlock Holmes" this man was the first one to make criminal investigation an enjoyable media in fiction.
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Published a book with the first definitive study of fingerprints and how their uniqueness can be used in classification.
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Wrote and published Criminal Investigation that described the application of science in criminal investigation.
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Won a Nobel prize for his discovery of A/B/O determining blood types
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Became the founder of the Institute of Criminalistics in France by incorporating Gross' principals in a somewhat workable crime lab
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Developed the principals of document examination by publishing Questioned Documents.
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Figured out how to get blood type off of dried blood.
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Began the first crime lab within the United States in Los Angeles
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Created a comparison microscope that was used to compare bullets to see if they were fired from the same gun.
