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13th Century China
Someone was stabbed so the village gathered all the knives and the flies were only attracted to the knife with blood on it, and the suspect confessed. -
Mathieu Orfila
He was the father of toxicology because he published the first scientific paper of poisons and how they affect animals. -
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 the first Sherlock Holmes book, was the first CSI featured in four novels and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime-detection methods. -
Francis Galton
Published finger prints. Conducted the definitive study of fingerprints and their classification, gave proof to 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 recieved Nobel Prize -
Albert S. Osborn
Published questioned documents. Developed the fundamental principles of document examination. -
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 -
Leone Lattes
Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood -
August Vollmer
Established the First crime lab in the U.S., in Los Angeles. -
Calvin Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope, first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon.
