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Period: 3000 BCE to
100 B.C. - 2020 A.D.
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44 BCE
Antistius
A Roman Physician named Antistius performed the very first official autopsy on the murdered body of Julius Caesar. -
100
Quintilian
A Roman orator and jurists uses basic forensics to render an innocent party. -
Fortunato Fidelis and Paolo Zacchia
Fortunato Fidelis and Paolo Zacchia lay the foundation of modern pathology by studying diseased bodies and their structures. -
Carl Wilhelm Scheele
Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele first develops chemical testing to detect arsenic in corpses. -
Mathieu Orfila
Mathieu Orfila also known as the father of forensic toxicology published the very first scientific treatise for toxicology. -
Henry Goddard
Henry Goddard became the first person to connect a bullet to a specific murder weapon. -
Sir Francis Galton
Sir Francis Galton develops the first type of fingerprint matching forensics. -
The Henry Classification System
The Henry Classification System developed by Sir Edward Henry was adopted to be the standard system for criminal fingerprinting techniques worldwide. -
Edmond Locard
Edmond Locard created the basic principles of forensic science. He was known to say that every contact leaves a trace and was known as the "Sherlock Holmes of France."
