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1300
13th Century China
Someone was stabbed, but all of the knifes in the village were collected.There were traces of blood on one of the knifes and the suspect had no choice but to confess. -
Mathieu Orfila
He is a Spanish chemist and is considered the "Father of Toxicology" because he published the first treatise on how poisons effect animals. -
William Herschel
Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India. -
Alphonse Bertillon
He is a French criminologist and is the "Father of Criminal Identification" because he was the first inventor of the first scientific method of identifying criminals. He also Developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to tell individuals apart and he replaced fingerprints. -
Henry Faulds
Used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect. He is credited for the first fingerprint identification and devolved a classification system for recording impressions. -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Published his first Sherlock Holmes story; Considered the first "CSI",featured in four novels and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime-detection methods. -
Francis Galton
Published "Finger Prints". Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification. Gave proof of their uniqueness. -
Hans Gross
Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation. Published "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 University 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 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.
