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first case ever recorded using forensic science
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Consider the "Father of Forensic Toxicology"
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India
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"Father of criminal Identification". Developed Anthropometry which used Body measurements to distinguish individuals.
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Used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect.
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Published the first Sherlock Holmes story; Consider the first "CSI", featured in four novels and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime-detection methods.
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Published Fingerprints. Conducted 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 AB0 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 the 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.
