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First Case in Forensic Science
In a Chinese village a person got killed by getting stabbed. They collected every single knife. The blood attracted flies and they landed on the murderer's knife. Forensic Science was used the first time. -
1200
First case in Forensic Science
In a Chinese village a person got stabbed. The villager collected every knife. The blood attracted flies, which landed on the murderer's knife. Forensic Science was used for the first time. -
The Father of Toxicology
Mathieu Orfila is considered "The father of Toxicology", because he has given the subject its first formal treatment in 1814 in his Traite des poisons. It is the first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their effect on animals. -
Thumbprints
William Herschel used thumbprints on documents the first time to identify workers in India. -
First Anthropometry
Alphonse Bertillion is considered "The Father of Criminal Identification", because for the first time someone used body measurements to distinguish individuals. -
Henry Fauld
Henry Fauld uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect. -
The First Sherlock Holmes Story
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his first Sherlock Holmes Story. He is considered the first CSI, featured in four novels and 56 short stories. He uses popularized scientific crime-detection methods. -
The Uniqueness of Fingerprints
Francis Galton published with "Finger Prints" the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification. He proofs their uniqueness. -
Hans Gross
Hans Gross wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation. Additionally he published "Criminal Investigation". -
The Blood Types
Karl Landsteiner discovered the AB0 blood groups and received the Nobel prize later. -
Edmond Locard
He incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime laboratory. He became the founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France. -
Albert S. Osborn
He published the "Questioned Documents". Also, he developed the fundamental principles of document examinations. -
Leone Lattes
He developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood. -
The First Crime Lab
August Vollmer established the first Crime Lab in the United States, located in Los Angeles. -
Calvin Goddard
He developed a comparison microscope which was first used to compare bullets to see if they are fired from the same weapon.
