-
1300
13th century china
The first case ever recorded using forensic science. Someone was stabbed , and all of the knifes in the village were collected. Flies were attracted to the blood one of the knifes and that causes the suspect to confess -
Mathieu Orfila
Considered the "Father of Forensics". Chemist who published first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals -
William Herschel
Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India -
Alphonse Bertillon
Father of Criminal Identification, and developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements -
Henry Faulds
used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Published the Sherlock Holmes stories -
Francis Galton
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 the filed of criminal investigation -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered A,B,and O blood types -
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 blood -
August Vollmer
Established the first crime lab in United States, Located in Los Angeles -
Calvin Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope, first used to compare bullets to if fired from the same weapon
