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First Forensic Case in China
Someone was stabbed in a village, so all of the village knives were collected. Flies were attracted to the blood of the knife used to kill the victim, and the suspect then confessed. -
Mathieu Orfila
Published first scientific paper on the detection of poisions and their effects on Animals. Father of Toxicology. -
William Herschel
Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India -
Alphonse Bertillon
Father of criminal identification. Developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals. -
Henry Fauld
Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect. -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Published Sherlock Holmes, considered the first "CSI". Featured in four novels and 56 short stories and popularized scientific crime detection methods -
Francis Galton
Published Finger Prints. Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classifications. It also gave proof of the uniqueness of fingerprints. -
Hans Gross
Published Criminal Investigation Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation. -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered ABO flood groups and later received a Nobel prize for the descovery -
Edmond Locard
Incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab. Eventually became the founder and director of the Institute of Criminalizes at the University of Lyons, France. -
Albert S. Osborn
Published Questioned Coduments and developed the funcamental principles fo document examination -
Leone Lattes
Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood. -
August Vollmer
Established the first crime lab in the United States and it was located in Los Angeles. -
Calvin Goddard
Developed the first comparison microscope which was used to compare bullets to see if they were fired from the same weapon.
