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1250
13th century china
The 1st case ever recorded using forensic science -
Mathieu Orfila
Considered the father of toxicology. -
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 individuals. -
Henry Faulds
Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Published his 1st Sherlock Holmes story; Considered the first CSI, featured in four novels and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime-detection methods. -
Francis Galton
Published finger prints, conducted the first definitive study of finger prints and their classification. -
Hans Gross
Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered the ABO blood groups, later received Nobel prizes -
Edmond Locard
Incorporated gross' principles within a workable crime lab; became the founder and director of the institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France -
Albert S. Osborn
Published Questioned Documents. Developed the fundamental principles of document examination -
Leone Lattes
Developed a method fir determining blood type from dried blood -
August Vollmer
Established the 1st crime lab in the US, located in Los Angeles -
Calvin Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon