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First Case of Forensics
Man stabbed in 13th century china village. Knives of village all collected. Murder came forward when knife had flies on it -
Mathieu Orfila
Considered the "Father of Forensic 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
Use fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Published his first Sherlock Holmes story, Considered the first CSI featured in four Nobels and 56 short stories popularized scientific crime detection method -
Francis Galton
Published Finger Prints. Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification. Gave proof of their uniqueness -
Hans Gross
Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation and published criminal investigation -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered the ABO blood groups later received Nobel Prize -
Edmond Locard
Incorporated Gross's principles within workable crime lab. became the founder the director of the Institute of criminalistics at the university in Lyons, France -
Albert S. Osborn
Published Questioned Documents. Developed the fundamental principles of document examination -
Leone Lattes
Develop a method for determine blood type from dry blood -
August Vollmer
Established the FIRST clime lab in the United States located in LA -
Calvin Goddard
developed a comparison microscope first used to compare bullets to see if fired from same weapon
