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1300
13th Century China
This was the first case ever recorded using forensic science. A man had been stabbed. The town's authority gathered all knifes and saw which one flies kept landing and then the suspect confessed. -
William Herschel
Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India. -
Mathieu Orfila
Considered the father of forensic science because he was a chemist who published the first scientific paper on the detection of toxins and poisons and their effects of animals. -
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 story; 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 and 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 recived 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, France -
Albert S. Osborn
Published Questioned Documents. Developed the fundamental principles of document examination -
Leone Lattes
Developed a method for determining blood type from dried -
August Vollmer
Established first crime lab in the united states, located in Los Angeles -
Calvin Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope: first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon
