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History of Forensics
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Mathieu Ofila
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Mathieu Ofila
father of toxicology major contributions to the development of tests for the presence of blood in a forensic context. -
Alphonse Bertillon
used a system of measuring to identify people. This system consisted of five initial measurements head length, head breadth, length of middle finger, length of the left foot, and length of the cubit. -
Alphonse Bertillon
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, has long been credited as an influence to forensic science due to his character's use of methods such as fingerprints, serology, ciphers, trace evidence, and footprints long before they were commonly used by actual police forces -
Francis Galton
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Francis Galton
the first to show scientifically how fingerprints could be used to identify individuals -
Leone Lattes
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Leone Lattes
came up with dried blood stains could be restored and grouped in the blood type categories A, B, AB, or O. -
Albert Osborn
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Albert Osborn
he wrote a book called Questioned Documents -
Calvin Goddard
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Calvin Goddard
developed the comparison microscope for identifying bullets and cartridge casings -
Emond Locard
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Emond Locard
"Every contact leaves a trace" was known as locard's exchange principle
