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1792 BCE
Archaeologists
Fingerprints were discovered on a clay tablet in Babylon. -
Dr. Nehemiah
Wrote a paper describing the patters he saw in human fingerprints under a microscope including ridges. -
Johann Christoph Andreas Mayer
The first scientist to recognize that that the arranges of skin ridges was never the same in two people. -
Jan Evangelist Purkyn
Described 9 distinct fingerprint patterns. -
Sir William Herschel
Began to collect fingerprints and noticed the no two were the same and that age did not alter them. -
Alphonse Bertillon
Created a way to identify criminals with fingerprints -
Sir Francis Galton
Verified that fingerprints do not change with age and created a fingerprint classification system. -
Ivan Vucetich
Invented a better way for collecting fingerprints by creating cards for criminals and adding impressions of all 10 fingers. -
Sir Edmund Richard Henry
Created a ten card and divided fingerprints by loops, arches, and whorls. -
Alphonse Bertillon
The first murder was solved using fingerprints. -
American Military
Over time, the Army, Navy, and Marines began using fingerprinting. The National Bureau of Criminal Investigation also began keeping track of the fingerprints on file. -
FBI
The FBI launched its Advance Fingerprint Identification Technology (AFIT) system which enhanced fingerprint and latent print processing services. The system increased the accuracy and daily processing capacity of the agency and also improved the system's availability.
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