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1200
13th century
The first case ever recorded using forensic science. The workers put the knives in the middle and which ever the flies flew too thats who they prosecuted. -
Henry Faulds
Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect. -
Mathieu Orfila
Considered the father of forensic toxicology. He worked hard to make changes to the toxicology department. -
William Herschel
Used thumb prints on documents to identify workers in India -
Alphonse Bertillon
"Father of criminal identification".Developed
anthropometry Which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals. -
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. Gave proof of their uniqueness. -
Hans Gross
Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to field of criminal investigation. Published Criminal investigation. -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered the ABO blood groups, later received Nobel prize. -
Edmond Locard
Incorporated Gross principles within a workable crime lab; became the founder and director of the institute of criminalistics at University of Lyons, France. -
Albert S. Osborn
Published Questioned Documents. Developed the fundamental principles of document examination -
Leone Lattles
Developed a method for determining blood type from the dried blood. -
August Vollmer
Established the first crime lab in Unites states, Located in Los Angeles.
