History of Forensics

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    History of Forensics

  • Mathieu Orfila

    Mathieu Orfila

    Due to writing the first book about toxicology he was nicknamed "the father of toxicology"
  • Francis Galton

    Francis Galton

    Was the first to discover how fingerprints could be used to track criminals
  • Alphonse Bertillion

    Alphonse Bertillion

    Came up with the first system of physical measurements, photography, and record keeping for police
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    British writer who created Sherlock Holmes. Then he published A Study in Scarlet (First Sherlock Holmes book)
  • Albert Osborn

    Albert Osborn

    He came up with documented evidence and wrote a book called Questioned Documents
  • Edmond Locard

    Edmond Locard

    Used the first forensic science laboratory
  • Leone Lattes

    Leone Lattes

    Italian scientist who came up with the blood types A, B, AB, and O from dried blood stains