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the Chinese used fingerprints to establish the identity of clay sculptures and documents
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Orfila worked to make chemical analysis a routine part of forensic medicine, and made studies of asphyxiation, the decomposition of bodies, and exhumation.
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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.
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The father of "Criminal Indetification." He developed anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
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He used fingerprints to eliminate innocent suspects.
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He published the first SHerlock Holmes story; considered the first "CSI", featured in four novels and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime - detection methods.
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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 principals to the field of investigation. He published the book Criminal Investigation.
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He discovered the ABO blood groups and later received a Nobel Prize.
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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.
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He published Questioned Documents and developed the fundamental principals of document examination.
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He developed a method for determining blood type with dried blood.
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He established the first crime lab in the US. It resided in Los Angeles.
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He developed the comparison microscope, which was used to compare bullets in order to see if they came from the same weapon.
