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44 BCE
Julius Caeser
This was the first time forensics was documented and used to determine how Caeser died. He was stabbed 23 times and only one was fatal Link text -
Mathieu Orfila
Considered the father of toxicology, which is the study of chemicals for forensic analysis such as asphyxiation, the decomposition of bodies, and exhumation -
Photo Identification
Invented by William Fox Talbot, negative positive photographic which revolutionized the ability to identify someone based on documents and IDs Link text -
Facial Reconstruction
Using artistic skill and a scientific method a face can be reconstructed so the identity of a victim can be determined using remains of the face. This process was invented by Hermann Welcker Link text -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Writer of the Sherlock Holmes Series and introduced the public to forensic science. -
Francis Galton
First man to show by scientific training that fingerprints could be a way to identify individuals -
Alphonse Bertillion
He was the first man to develop a standard by which to identify criminals by head length, head breadth, length of middle finger, length of the left foot, and length of the cubit. -
Albert S Osborn
The writer of Questioned Documents which is a book on how to identify fake or forged document. -
Hair
Victor Balthazard and Marcelle Lambert published their first study on hair using microscopes and was able to identify people based off of hair left at a crime scene
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Leone Lattes
Italian Forensics scientist who discovered how to use an anti body test with dried blood samples which could categorize them into blood types. -
Calvin Goddard
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DNA Sequencing
This process was able to determine the order of the nucleic acid order/sequence that can be used to determine criminals identify
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Kary B Mullis
This man invented the polymerase chain reaction which is a method of producing many copies of a specific piece of DNA
