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1247 BCE
13th Century China
First case to ever use forensic science. In this case there was someone that was stabbed therefore all knives from everyone in the village were collected. -
Mathieu Orfila
Was the Spanish father of toxicology and he was also a chemist himself. -
Alphonse Bertillon
developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals. -
Henry Faulds
Scottish physician that studied fingerprints and used them to eliminate innocent suspects -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Came from a prosperous Irish Catholic family. He wrote books about popular scientific crime-detection methods as well as publishing Sherlock Holmes story. -
Francis Galton
Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification. -
Hans Gross
He was the first to write the first paper describing Scientific Principles to the field of criminal investigation. -
Karl Landsteiner
Discovered the ABO blood groups. He also received a Nobel Prize. -
Albert S. Osborn
Published Questioned Documents. He also developed principles of document examination. -
Edmond Locard
Became the founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France. -
Leone Lattes
Developed method for determining blood type from dried blood. -
William Herschel
First to use thumbprints on documents to identify individuals. Fingerprints were also used on contracts. -
August Vollmer
Established the First Crime Lab in the United States, its location is in Los Angeles. -
Calvin Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope, which was first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon.
