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History of Forensics
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Mathieu Orfila
The founder of the science of toxicology. -
Francis Galton
Was the first to show people that fingerprints could be used to identify individuals. -
Alphonse Bertillon
Applied the anthropological technique of anthropometry to law enforcement creating an identification system based on physical measurements. Anthropometry was the first scientific system used by police to identify criminals. -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author of the Sherlock Holmes stories (I love his books), has long been credited as an influence to forensic science due to his character's use of methods such as fingerprints, serology, ciphers, trace evidence, and footprints long before they were commonly used by actual police forces. -
Edmond Locard
The Theory of Exchange. The theory dictates that when two objects come into contact with one another, each will take something from the other object or leave something behind. -
Leone Lattes
He developed a method called the antibody method test which assigned samples to each of the major blood types. He made the modern method of categorizing blood groups. -
Albert Osborn
Albert was the first American to start working with questioning documents and forgery. He also was the first to use the scientific method in examination of said questioned documents. -
Calvin Goddard
Pioneer in forensics ballistics.
