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Marcello Malpighi
Italy
Professor of Anatomy at the University of Bologna
First Recorded Notes about Fingerprint Characteristics -
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Sweden
Devised the first Successful Test for Detecting the Poison Arsenic in Corpse -
Francois-Emmanuel Fodere
France
A Treatise on Forensic Medicine and Public Health -
Valentin Ross
Germany
Discovered a more Precise Method for Detecting Small Amounts of Arsenic in the Walls of a Victim's Stomach -
Mathieu Orfila
Spain
Father of Forensic Science
Published the first Scientific Treatise on the Detection of Poisons and their Effects on Animals -
William Nichol
Invented the Polarizing Microscope -
Henri-Louis Bayard
Formulated the first Procedures for Microscopic Detection of Sperm -
James Marsh
Scotland
Testified on the Detection of Arsenic in a Victim's Body -
Alphonse Bertillon
France
Devised the First System of Personal Identification -
Arthur Conan Doyle
Had Considerable Influence on Popularizing Scientific Crime-Detection Methods Including Serology, Fingerprinting, Firearms Identification, and Questioned-Document Examination -
Francis Henry Galton
England
Published a Book Called Finger Prints
Contained the First Statistical Proof Supporting the Uniqueness of his Method of Personal Identification -
Hans Gross
Austria
Wrote the First Treatise Describing the Application of Scientific Disciplines to the Field of Criminal Investigation -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered that Blood Can Be Grouped Into DIfferent Categories
