Forensic event

  • 1300

    First recorded forensic case

    First recorded forensic case
    The field of forensic entomology dates back to the 13th century. It investigated the death of a Chinese lawyer and is the first recorded forensic case. When someone was stabbed all of the knives were kept in this village. Files were created and the knives had traces of blood that led the victim to confess.
  • Mathieu Orfila

    Mathieu Orfila
    Known as the "father of FOrensic toxicology". He was a chemist who published the first scientific paper on the detection of poisons.
  • William Herschel

    William Herschel
    Used thumbprints to identify workers in India.
  • Alphonese Bertillon

    Alphonese Bertillon
  • henry faulds

    henry faulds
  • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

    Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Francis Galton

    Francis Galton
  • Hans Gross

    Hans Gross
  • Karl Landstiener

    Karl Landstiener
  • Edmond Locard

    Edmond Locard
  • Albert Osborn

    Albert Osborn
  • Leone Lattes

    Leone Lattes
  • August Vollmer

    August Vollmer
  • Calvin Goddard

    Calvin Goddard