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Man stabbed in 13th century china village. Knives of village all collected. Murder came forward when knife had flies on it
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Considered the "Father of Forensic Toxicology"
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India
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"Father of Criminal Identification". Developed anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals
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Use fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect
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Published his first Sherlock Holmes story, Considered the first CSI featured in four Nobels and 56 short stories popularized scientific crime detection method
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Published Finger Prints. Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification. Gave proof of their uniqueness
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Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation and published criminal investigation
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Discovered the ABO blood groups later received Nobel Prize
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Incorporated Gross's principles within workable crime lab. became the founder the director of the Institute of criminalistics at the university in Lyons, France
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Published Questioned Documents. Developed the fundamental principles of document examination
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Develop a method for determine blood type from dry blood
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Established the FIRST clime lab in the United States located in LA
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developed a comparison microscope first used to compare bullets to see if fired from same weapon
