Timeline of Forensic Science- Mallory Quinn

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  • Fingerprint System

    Johannes Purkinje devises the first crude fingerprint classification system.

  • Blood Test

    Christian Friedrich Schönbein develops the hydrogen peroxide test for blood.

  • DNA

    Friedrich Miescher discovers DNA.

  • Powder Dusting

    Henry Faulds shows that powder dusting will expose latent fingerprints.

  • Fingerprint Classification

    Sir Edward Richard Henry devises a fingerprint classification system that is the basis for those used in Britain and America today.

  • Blood Typing

    Karl Landsteiner delineates the ABO blood typing system.

  • Bullet Marks

    Victor Balthazard publishes his belief that each fired bullet carries unique marks.

  • Genetic Information

    Oswald Avery, Colin MacLeod, and Maclyn McCarty discover that DNA carries genetic information.

  • AFIS

    FBI institutes the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS).