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700
13th Century China
the Chinese used fingerprints to establish the identity of clay sculptures and documents -
Mathieu Orfila
Orfila worked to make chemical analysis a routine part of forensic medicine, and made studies of asphyxiation, the decomposition of bodies, and exhumation. -
William Herschel
He recognized that fingerprints were unique and permanent. He used thumbprints to identify workers in India. He was also credited with being the first person to use fingerprints in a practical manner. -
Alphonse Bertillon
The father of "Criminal Indetification." He developed anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals. -
Henry Faulds
He used fingerprints to eliminate innocent suspects. -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
He published the first SHerlock Holmes story; considered the first "CSI", featured in four novels and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime - detection methods. -
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 principals to the field of investigation. He published the book Criminal Investigation. -
Karl Landsteiner
He discovered the ABO blood groups and later received a Nobel Prize. -
Edmond Locard
He incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab; He became the founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France. -
Albert S. Osborn
He published Questioned Documents and developed the fundamental principals of document examination. -
Leone Lattes
He developed a method for determining blood type with dried blood. -
August Volimer
He established the first crime lab in the US. It resided in Los Angeles. -
Calvin Goddard
He developed the comparison microscope, which was used to compare bullets in order to see if they came from the same weapon.
