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Jan 1, 1300
13th Century China
The first case ever recorded using forensic science- Someone was stabbed and all the knives were collected and tested by flies attracted to blood -
Mathieu Orfila
Considered the "Father of Forensic Toxicology"- published paper on detection of poisons -
William Herschel
Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India -
Alphonse Bertillon
Father of criminal identification- developed anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals -
Henry Faulds
Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Published his first sherlock holmes book- 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- 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, frane -
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 US, located in LA -
Calvin Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope- first used to compare bullets to see if fired from same weapon
