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The first case ever recorded using forensic science. There was a stabbing in the village, and all the knifes were collected. They determined which knife was used by deciding if flies landed on it, it had been used for stabbing
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Considered the Father of Forensic Toxicology because he realized that the toxicology tests being ran were getting people away with murder, so he improved them.
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India.
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Father of criminal identification. Developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish people.
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Uses 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 by the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification. Gave proof of their uniqueness.
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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 type, later received nobel prize.
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Incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab; became the founder and director 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 the US, 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.
