Important Contributions to Forensic Science

  • 13th century China
    Jan 1, 1200

    13th century China

    This was the first ever event use of forensic science, this was when they collected all the knifes, by collecting and tracing blood on the knife for suspect to confess and it all happened when a man was stabbed in the back in China
  • Matheiu Orfila

    Matheiu Orfila

    Father of Forensic toxicology, he also published first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals
  • William Herschel

    William Herschel

    He used fingerprints to identify workers in India
  • Alphonse Bertillion

    Alphonse Bertillion

    Named " Father of Criminal Identification" Developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
  • Henry Faulds

    Henry Faulds

    He used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent suspect of robbery
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    He wrote Sherlock Holmes, and he published his first, most popularized scientific crime detection methods
  • Francis Galton

    Francis Galton

    Conducted the first study of fingerprints and their classification and published "fingerprints".
  • Hans Gross

    Hans Gross

    Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of investigation published "criminal investigation"
  • Karl Landsteiner

    Karl Landsteiner

    Developed modern classification of blood types, like ABO blood groups
  • Edmon Locard

    Edmon Locard

    incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime laboratory
  • Albert S Osborn

    Albert S Osborn

    developed the fundamental principles of document examination
  • Leone Lattes

    Leone Lattes

    Developed a methods for determination of blood type from dried blood
  • August Vollmer

    August Vollmer

    Established the first crime lab in the US in LA
  • Calvin Goddard

    Calvin Goddard

    used a comparison microscope to determine if a particular gun fired a bullets to see i fired the same weapon