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Jan 1, 1200
13th Century China
The Fist case ever recorded using forensic science. It was someone who was stabbed and all the knives in the village were collected and flies flew to the knife and the suspect confessed -
Mathieu Orfila
He was considered father of toxicology and dealt with poison . -
William Herschel
He used finger prints on documents to identify workers in India -
Alphonse Bertillion
Father of criminal identification and invented anthropometry which uses body measurement -
Henry Faulds
Used fingerprints to eliminate innocent burglary suspect -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Published his first Sherlock Holmes story. Considered the CSI. Featured in 4 novels and 56 short stories. -
Francis Galton
conducted the first investigation on fingerprints and their classifications which gave proof of their uniqueness. -
Hans Gross
Wrote first paper describing the application of scientific principle to the field of criminal investigation. -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered the ABO blood groups and won Nobel prize -
Edmond Locard
incorporated gross principle within workable crime labs. Became founder and director of the institute of criminalistics -
Albert S. Osborn
Published Questioned documents and developed the fundamental principle of document examination -
Leone Lattes
Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood. -
August Vollmer
Established first Crime lab in the U.S. located in LA -
Calvin Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from same weapon