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The first recorded investigation that uses forensics concepts takes place. Suspects in a stabbing are lined up with knives from their home until a fly lands on the knife that contains traces of blood.
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He is named the "father or forensic toxicology" because he was a chemist that published the first scientific paper on his findings in the effects of various poisons on animals.
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He used people's thumbprints on documents in order to record the identities of his workers in India.
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He has been dubbed the "father of criminal identification" for his creation of anthropometry, the use of body measurements to tell individuals apart.
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Faulds used fingerprints in order to, for the first time in history, clear an innocent burglary suspect of guilt.
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He was a British author that published the first "Sherlock Holmes" story, popularizing the concept of crime scene investigation and instigating advancements in the former.
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Galton published his book called "Finger Prints" in 1892, which detailed the first definitive study of fingerprints, their uniqueness, and their application in criminal investigations.
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Gross wrote the first known paper that detailed the application of scientific principles in the investigation of crimes, publishing a book called "Criminal Investigation".
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Karl Landsteiner was the biologist that was responsible for discovering the ABO blood groups, allowing for the advancement and greater ease of transfusion. He received a Nobel Prize for his work.
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Locard used the principles and knowledge of Hans Gross in a crime lab, founding and directing the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons in France.
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He is the publisher of "Questioned Documents", a book on the analysis of documents in criminal investigations. He is known as the "father of the science of questioned document examination".
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He is the creator of the method for examining dry blood to determine the blood type.
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As the chief of police, he established the first crime lab in the country in 1923. It's located in Los Angeles, California.
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Goddard developed the comparison microscope, which used special lenses to allow the user to observe two specimens side-by-side and compare them. It was first applied to compare bullets to verify whether or not they were fired from the same gun.
