Francis Galton (1822-1911)
Alphonse Bertillion (1853-1914)
Walter C. McCrone (1916-2002)
Leone Lattes (1887-1954)
Calvin Goddard (1891-1955)
Edmond Locard (1877-1966)
Mathieu Orfila (1787-1853)
Hans Gross (1847-1915)
Albert S. Osborn (1858-1946)
Demonstrated how principles enunciated by Gross could be incorporated within a workable crime laboratory; became founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons; believed that when a person comes in contact with an object or person, a crosstransfer of materials occurs; maintained that every criminal can be connected to a crime scene by dust particles carried from the crime scene.
Father of criminal identification; devised the first scientific method of personal identification - anthropometry (systematic procedure of taking a series of body measurements as a means of distinguishing one individual from another)
Developed relatively simple procedure for determining the blood group of a dried bloodstain
Wrote the first treatise describing the application of scientific disciplines to the field of criminal investigation; detailed the assistance that investigators could expect from the field of microscopy, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, zoology, botany, anthropometry, and fingerprinting. Introduced the forensic journal Archiv fur Kriminal Anthropologie und Kriminalistik
First definitive study of fingerprints - developed methodology of classifying and filing; published Finger Prints - contained the first statistical proof supporting uniqueness of method
Became world's preeminent microscopist; tireless advocate for applying microscopy to analytical problems; responsible for educating thousands of forensic scientists
Father of forensic toxicology; published the first scientific treatise on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals
Refined techniques of determining whether a particular gun has fired a bullet by using the comparison microscope
Development of the fundamental principles of document examination; published Questioned Documents - first significant text in this field
