Forensic

Forensic science

  • 13th century China
    Jan 1, 1300

    13th century China

    Someone was stabbed and to find the person the police took all the knives then the knife with blood brought fly's and the suspect got nervous and then confessed.
  • Mathieu orfila

    Mathieu orfila

    tested different poisons on animals.
  • William Herschel

    William Herschel

    First to use thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India.
  • Alphonse Bertillon

    Alphonse Bertillon

    Father of criminal identification. developed anthropometry which uses body measurements to identify.
  • Henry Flaulds

    Henry Flaulds

    Used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect.
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    published his first Sherlock Holmes story; considered the first CSI featured in four novels and 56 short stories.
  • Francis Galton

    Francis Galton

    He conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their uniqueness.
  • Hans Gross

    Hans Gross

    wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation.
  • Karl Landsteiner

    Karl Landsteiner

    Discoverd the ABO blood type groups.and later recived a Nobel Prize.
  • Albert S.osborn

    Albert S.osborn

    published questioned documents developed the fundamental principles of document examination.
  • Edmond Locard

    Edmond Locard

    Incorporated Gross principles within a workable Crime lab and later became the founder and director of the institute of criminalistics.
  • Leon Lattes

    Leon Lattes

    developed a method for determining the type of blood when it is dry.
  • August Vollmer

    August Vollmer

    Established the first crime lab in LA.
  • Calvin Goddard

    Calvin Goddard

    Developed the first comparison microscope first used to compare bullets to see if they were fired from the same weapon.