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1300
13th Century China
Someone was stabbed in a Chinese village. All the knifes in the village were collected, and flies were attracted to the one with blood remains on it. -
Matheiu Orfila "Father of Forensic Toxicology"
Orfila published the first paper on the detection of poisons and their affects on animals. -
William Herschel
Used thumbprints to identify workers in India -
Alphonse Bertillon "Father of Criminal Investigation"
Developed Anthropometry using body measurements to distinguish individuals -
Henry Fauld
Used fingerprints to prove a suspect innocent of a burglary -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Published Sherlock Holmes. Considered first "CSI." 4 novels and 56 short stories -
Francis Galton
Published "Finger Prints." Conducted the first definitive study on fingerprints and their classification -
Hans Gross
Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation. Published "Criminal Investigation." -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered the ABO blood groups, won Nobel Prize -
Edmond Locard
Incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab. Founded the Institute of Ciminalistics at the University of Lyons, France -
Albert S. Osborn
Published "Questioned Documents." Developed the fundamental principles of document examination -
Leone Lattes
Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood -
August Vollmer
Established first crime lab in U.S.A. located in Los Angeles -
Calvin Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope. First used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon
