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1247
13th Century China
Someone was stabbed and they collected all of the knives in the village. Flies were attracted to the blood so the landed on the one used to stab the person. This cause the confession of the suspect. -
Mathieu Orfila
Orfila is considered the "father of toxicology" because he published the first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals. -
William Herschel
Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India. -
Alphonse Bertillon
"Father of criminal identification" Developed anthropology which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals. -
Henry Flauds
Used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect. -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Published his first Sherlock Holmes story. Considered the first "CSI" novel.He wrote four novels and 56 shoyrt stories. -
Francis Galton
Published Finger Prints. Conducted first definitive study of of finger prints 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. Published criminal investigation. -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered the ABO blood groups, later recieved Nobel Prize. -
Edmond Locard
Incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab; became founder and director of the institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France. -
Albert S. Osborn
Published questioned Documents. Developed the fundamental principles of document examination. -
Leone Lattes
Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood. -
August Vollmer
Established the first Crime Lab in the U.S., in Los Angeles -
Calvin Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon.
