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1200
13th Century China
-the first case ever recorded using forensic science
- someone was stabbed
- all the knives in the village were collected
- files were attracted to the traces of blood and landed on only one of the knives, causing the suspect to confess -
Mathieu Orfila
He was considered the "Forensic Father of Toxicology" because he was a chemist who published the first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals. -
William Herschel
He used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India. -
Alphonse Bertillon
He was the "Father of Criminal Identification". He developed Anthropometry which uses body measurement to distinguish individuals. -
Henry Fauld
He used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect. -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
He published his first Sherlock Holmes story; considered the first "CSI", featured in four novels and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime-scene detection methods. -
Francis Galton
He published Finger Prints. Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification. Gave proof of their uniqueness. -
Hans Gross
Published Criminal Investigation. Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of a criminal investigation. -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered the ABO blood groups, later received Nobel Prize. -
Edmond Locard
Incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab; became the founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the Univerity of Lyons, France. -
Albert S. Osborn
Published Questioned Documents. Developed the fundamental principles of document examination. -
Leone Lattes
Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood. -
August Vollmer
Established the First Crime Lab in the United States, located in Los Angeles. -
Calvin Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon.
