forensic science

By isaacpett99
  • 1248 BCE

    the beginning

    The first time forensic science was used to solve criminal cases is attributed to the book of Xi Yuan Lu written in China by Song Ci

  • arsenic detection

    In 1836 a Scottish chemist named James Marsh developed a chemical test to detect arsenic, which was used during a murder trial.

  • fingerprint classification

    In 1892, a eugenicist named Sir Francis Galton established the first system for classifying fingerprints.

  • first forensic scientist and college

    In 1909, Archibald Reiss founded the University of Lausanne, the first school of forensic science in the world.

  • Learning about Forensic science

    First school of forensic science founded by Rodolphe Archibald Reiss, in Switzerland.

  • First police crime laboratory

    Edmond Locard a professor at the University of Lyons set up the first police crime laboratory in France.

  • First Police Crime Laboratory in America

    August Vollmer, chief of the Los Angeles Police, established the first American police crime laboratory.

  • Nobel Prize for Forensic Science

    in 1930 scientist Karl Landsteiner won the Nobel Prize for classifying human blood into its various groups.

  • first bullet classifying case

    In 1835, Henry Goddard became the first person to use physical analysis to connect a bullet to the murder weapon.

  • FBI and Forensic Science

    FBI First Forensic crime laboratory set up in 1932.