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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
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Considered the father of toxicology, which is the study of chemicals for forensic analysis such as asphyxiation, the decomposition of bodies, and exhumation
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Invented by William Fox Talbot, negative positive photographic which revolutionized the ability to identify someone based on documents and IDs Link text
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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
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Writer of the Sherlock Holmes Series and introduced the public to forensic science.
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First man to show by scientific training that fingerprints could be a way to identify individuals
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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.
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The writer of Questioned Documents which is a book on how to identify fake or forged document.
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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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Italian Forensics scientist who discovered how to use an anti body test with dried blood samples which could categorize them into blood types.
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Developed the Comparison Microscope which led to better ballistic analysis
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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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This man invented the polymerase chain reaction which is a method of producing many copies of a specific piece of DNA
