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1200
13th Century, First Case Ever to be Recorded Using Forensic Science
Used knife to find suspect -
Period: 1200 to
Foresic Timeline
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Period: 1200 to
Foresic Timeline
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Mathieu Orfila
Considered father of toxicology because he was the first scientist to find a suspect guilty via poison -
William Herschel
Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India -
Alphonse Bertillon
"Father of Criminal Investigation" Developed Anthropometry which uses body measurement to distinguish individuals -
Henry Faulds
Uses Fingerprints to prove a burglary suspects innocence -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Published his first Sherlock Holmes Book. Popularizing CSI -
Francis Galton
Published Finger Prints. Conducted the first definitive study proving that finger prints do have uniqueness -
Hans Gross
Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific application to the Field of Criminal Investigation. Published Criminal Investigation -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered the ABO blood types. Got Nobel Prize -
Edmond Locard
Became Founder and Director of the Institute of Criminalistic at the University of Lyons, France -
Albert S. Osborn
Developed the fundamental principles of document examination. Published Questioned Documents -
Leone Lattes
Developed a method where you can determine the blood type from dried blood -
August Vollmer
Established the 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 same weapon
