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Orfila
Orfila published the first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals. This contribution gave him the name of "The Father of Forensic Toxicology." https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/visibleproofs/galleries/biographies/orfila.html#:~:text=He%20helped%20to%20develop%20tests,health%20systems%20and%20medical%20training. -
Bertillon
Anthropometry, which uses bodily measurements to identify people, was created by Bertillon. Eventually, he was dubbed "The Father of Criminal Identification." -
Galton
Fingerprints was published by Galton. He carried out the initial scientific investigation on fingerprints and their categorization. He also demonstrated the individuality of each fingerprint. -
Gross
Gross wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal Investigation. He also published Criminal Investigation.1893 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hans-Gross -
Osborn
Osborn created the essential ideas of document examination and published Questioned Documents. -
Locard
incorporated Gross's ideas into an ineffective yet functional crime lab. He went on to develop and serve as director of the University of Lyons, France's Institute of Criminalistics. -
Lattes
Lattes developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood. -
Vollmer
Vollmer established the First Crime Lab in the United States, which was located in Los Angeles. https://www.police1.com/chiefs-sheriffs/articles/august-vollmer-why-every-police-leader-should-know-his-name-UowOiFXkIAp8iyzb/ -
Goddard
The comparison microscope, created by Goddard, compares the bullets to determine whether or not they were shot from the same firearm. -
Sir Alec Jeffreys
He discovered the technique of finger printing in a laboratory in the department of genetics.