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1248
13th Century China
Someone was stabbed and all the knives in the village were collected. Flies came to the murder weapon and the suspect confessed. This was the first ever case using forensic science. -
Mathieu Orfila
Orfila was a chemist who published first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals. He was called the "Father of Forensic Toxicology" -
William Herschel
Herschel was the first person to uses fingerprinting to identify people. He proved that all fingerprints were different. -
Alphonse Bertillon
He discovered that body measurements could be used to distinguish people. Called the "Father of Criminal Identification" -
Henry Fauld
Fauld used fingerprints to prove suspect innocent. -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Wrote Sherlock Holmes who was considered the first "CSI" -
Francis Galton
Published Finger Prints which was a study of fingerprints and their classification and gave proof to their uniqueness. -
Hans Gross
Wrote the first paper about the application of scientific principles to criminal investigation. It was called Criminal Investigation. -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered the ABO blood groups -
Edmond Locard
Incorporated Gross' principles into a workable crime lab. -
Albert S. Osborn
Published Questioned Documents which developed the fundamental principles of document examination. -
Leone Lattes
Developed a method for determining blood type from died blood. -
August Vollmet
Established the First Crime Lab in L.A. -
Calvin Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope, first used to compare bullet fragments
