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Mathieu Orfila
Considered the "Father of Forensic" -
William Hershcel
used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India -
Alphonse Bertillion
"Father of criminal identification". Developed Anthropometry which used body measurements to distinguish individuals -
Henry Faulds
Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
published first Sherlock Holmes novels and considered first CSI featured in all four novel -
Francis Galton
Published Finger Prints and conducted the study of fingerprints and their classification -
Hans Gross
Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered the ABO blood groups, later achieved Nobel Peace Prize -
Edmond Locard
Incoporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab -
Albert S. Osborn
Published Questioned Documents and 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 -
Calvin Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope and first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon
