Events
Mathieu Orfila (1814) – "Father of Forensic Toxicology," studied poisons and their effects on the body.William Herschel (1856) – Used fingerprints for identification in India, laying the groundwork for fingerprinting in forensics.Alphonse Bertillon (1879) – Created the Bertillon System, a method of criminal identification based on body measurements.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1887) – Author of Sherlock Holmes stories, popularizing scientific methods in crime-solving.Francis Galton (1892) – Conducted the first comprehensive study of fingerprints, proving their uniqueness.Hans Gross (1893) – Developed the idea of applying scientific methods to criminal investigations, known as criminalistics.Edmond Locard (1910) – Developed Locard's Exchange Principle (every contact leaves a trace) and founded the first crime lab in France.Albert S. Osborn (1910) – Pioneered document examination and wrote Questioned Documents.Leone Lattes (1915) – Developed a method for determining blood types from dried blood stains.Karl Landsteiner (1901) – Discovered the ABO blood group system.John Purkinje (1823) – Created one of the first systems for classifying fingerprints.Calvin Goddard (1925) – Developed the comparison microscope for bullet analysis.August Vollmer (1923) – Established the first U.S. crime lab in Los Angeles and advocated for the use of science in policing.Periods
Henry Faulds (1880) – Used fingerprints to clear an innocent suspect in a burglary case in Japan.
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