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1792 BCE
clay tablet contract remains
Archaeologist found many fingerprints pressed into clay showing remains of ancient people -
Dr. Nehemiah
he wrote a paper explaining the different patterns of human hands that he studied under a microscope. and presenting ridges -
Johann Christoph Andreas Mayer
He was the first person to understand that the ridges on a fingerprint cannot be the same as another individual. He evaluated that every fingerprint is unique. -
Jan Evangelist Purkyn
He observed different fingerprint patterns like loops, circles, whorls and spirals -
Sir William Hershel
he collected many fingerprint and concluded that with unique fingerprint patterns they do not change with age. -
Alphonse Bertillon
He found a way to identify criminals and used his methods to identify constant criminals. The process is called Bertillon age. -
Ivan Vucetich
He improved the collection of fingerprints he also found new fingerprinting impressions and measured fingerprints of arrested people -
Sir Edmund Richard Henry
he organized a system where recorded fingerprints were placed in groups based on the their patterns. With the help of his colleagues he marked a ten card with all the fingers of the person that had the individual characteristics included. -
Solving the a murder with fingerprints
Bertillon used his strategies to figure out a murder investigation through fingerprints this was the first time this method was used. -
Japanese Government
The Japanese were one of the first countries to create a Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) to cross check over a million fingerprints. They used patterns and codes in the software to figure out the best match.
