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History of Forensics
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Mathieu Orfila
Due to writing the first book about toxicology he was nicknamed "the father of toxicology" -
Francis Galton
Was the first to discover how fingerprints could be used to track criminals -
Alphonse Bertillion
Came up with the first system of physical measurements, photography, and record keeping for police -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
British writer who created Sherlock Holmes. Then he published A Study in Scarlet (First Sherlock Holmes book) -
Albert Osborn
He came up with documented evidence and wrote a book called Questioned Documents -
Edmond Locard
Used the first forensic science laboratory -
Leone Lattes
Italian scientist who came up with the blood types A, B, AB, and O from dried blood stains
