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1247
13th Century China
The first case ever recorded using forensic science. The victim was stabbed, so all the knives in the town were collected and flies were attracted to blood so they only landed on one which made the killer confess. -
Mathieu Orfila
"Father of Forensic Toxicology," he was a chemist who first published papers on the detection of poisons. -
William Herschel
Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India -
Alphonse Bertillon
"Father of Criminal Identification," developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish people. -
Henry Faulds
Used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Published his first Sherlock Holmes story, which popularized scientific crime detection methods -
Francis Galton
Published "Finger Prints" which helped identify their uniqueness and classification. -
Hans Gross
Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles. -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered the ABO blood groups and later earned a Noble Prize. -
Edmond Locard
Incorporated Gross' principles in a crime lab -
Albert S. Osborne
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. -
Calvin Goddard
First developed a comparison microscope to compare bullets.
