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13th Century China
The first ever case of forensics. After someone was stabbed, all of t he knives from the village were collected to see which one the flies would go to. -
Mathieu Orfila
Considered the "Father of Toxicology", he published 5 papers on poison and their effect on animals. -
William Herschel
He used thumbprints in order to identify his workers in India. -
Alphonse Bertillion
He is the "Father of Criminal Identification". He developed a system of identifying individuals using body measurements, which is called Anthropometry. -
Henry Faulds
He used fingerprints to prove a burglary suspect innocent. -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Even though he himself wasn't a forensic scientist, he published "Sherlock Holmes", which is considered the first "CSI". -
Frances Galton
Published "Fingerprints" which was the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification. It proved how unique fingerprints are. -
Hans Gross
He wrote the first paper that describes the application of scientific principles. He then went on to publish "Criminal Investigation". -
Karl Landsteiner
He discovered A, B, and O blood types, but not AB. He later received a Nobel Peace Prize. -
Edmond Locard
He incorporated Hans Gross' principles into a workable crime lab. He later became the founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France -
Albert S. Osborn
Published "Questioned Documents" which developed fundamental principles of document examination. -
Leone Lattes
He developed the method for determining blood type from dried blood. -
August Vollmer
He established the first crime lab in the US which is located in Los Angeles -
Calvin Goddard
He developed the comparison microscope in order to compare bullets to see if they had been fired from the same weapon.
