History of Forensics

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  • Mathieu Orfila

    Mathieu Orfila
    Became chemistry professor and experimented with poisons.

  • Alphonse Bertillon

    Alphonse Bertillon
    Developed ID system called Anthropometry which consisted of different body measurements.

  • Francis Galton

    Francis Galton
    Published book Discussing three types of fingerprints discovered, loop, whorl, and arch

  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    Author of Sherlock Holmes, and wrote about different methods of forensics before they were used.

  • Albert Osborn

    Albert Osborn
    First American to utilize the scientific method in the examination of questioned documents.

  • Edmond Locard

    Edmond Locard
    Developed criminalistics through crime scenes and worked with Alphonse Bertillon.

  • Leone Lattes

    Leone Lattes
    Discovered the different blood types to help identify criminals.

  • Calvin Goddard

    Used ballistics in crime famous for Valentines Day massacre.