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1200
13th Century China
a crime was solved using evidence from insects -
Mathieu Orfila
"Father of Forensic Toxicology"
Orfila worked to make chemical analysis part of forensic investigation -
William Herschel
Herschel used thumbprint evidence to identify individuals from India -
Alphonse Bertillon
"Father of Identification"
Bertillon developed anthropometry, this uses body measurements to identify people -
Henry Faulds
Faulds used fingerprints to prove a suspect innocent in a burglary case -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Doyle published the first "CSI" novel (Sherlock Holmes), this made science crime-fighting popular -
Francis Galton
Galton conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and the classification of them, this showed their uniqueness -
Hans Gross
Gross published the first paper detailing the implementation of the scientific principles, he published "Criminal Investigation" -
Karl Landsteiner
Landsteiner received the Nobel prize for discovering the types of blood groups (ABO) -
Edmond Locard
integrated Gross' studies and finding into a workable crime lab, Locard became the director and founder of and institute for criminalistics -
Albert S. Osborn
Osborn published "Question Documents" and he developed the fundamental ideas and principle about document examination -
Leone Lattes
Lattes made a method for identifying blood type from dried blood -
August Vollmer
Vollmer established the first crime lab in the U.S. -
Calvin Goddard
Goddard developed the first comparison microscope (a microscope that shows two sample side-by-side), this microscope was first analyzed to identify bullet types
