Historic Forensic Scientists

Mathieu Orfila

father of toxicology, tested on animals with plant toxins

Alphonese Bertillon

came up with the system of identification via body measurements

Francis Galton

fingerprints for classification

Calvin Goddard

used a comparison microscope to determine if a particular gun fired a bullet

Albert Osborn

fundamental principles of document examination (typewriters)

Walter McCrone

microscopy to examine evidence

Hans Gross

wrote the first treatise describing the application of scientific principles to criminal investigations

Edmond Locard

started the first crime lab in the US

Leone Lattes

ABO bloodtypes