History of finger prints lecture 2

History of fingerprints

Fingerprints were used as an identification back from qin and han dynasties

Clay seals in the form of stamp was shown on bamboo to show authorship

This was the first known use of fingerprints to show identity

Century interest in friction ridge skin

Dr nehemiah grew was the first to publish friction ridge skin on paper-philosophical transaction of the royal society of london

Marcello malppighi published an article which discusses the structure form and function of the friction ridge skin titled concerning the external tactile organs

Dr jca mayer- first europeans to claim that friction ridge skin is unique in his book titled- anatomical copper plates-with appropriate explanations

More modern history of fingerprint

Sir william herschel an ambassador to the east india company stamped handprints on the back of contracts kondi contract was the first official use of friction ridge skin by the ueorpean he later used fingerprints as a means of identification working with criminal courts prisons and registration of deeds as the hooghly magistrate

Henry faulds - became interested in friction ridges during his time as a medical missionary in japan When collecting prints from monkeys and people recognized that are friction ridges were unique classifiable and hinted at their performance he later conveyed these ideas to charles darwin and published an article in the journal called l nature of his findings

Sir edward richard henry

Inspector of general police for the lower provinces bengal india

With collaboration of indian officers khan azizul haque and rai bahaden hem chandra rose developed the henry classification henry classification and individualization of criminals by means of fingerprints become the standard in and england and would eventually be adopted by most english speaking countries

Alphonse bertillon

Anthropometry the study of the body measurements for identification purposes

It included height, reach ,trunk. length of head ,width of head l,ength of right ear

He was made chief of department of judicial identity in 1888

He would later add fingerprints to his records resulting in 11 body measurements 2 photos and a set of all 10 fingerprints

Sir francis galton

His criticism of anthropometry led to intense research in fingerprints as a means of identification

Published fingerprints

Established that fingerprints are permanent and unique

Established early classification system that was in the scotland yard arch loop whorl

Describe minutia as galton details

Modern history of fingerprints

1914 edurmand locard published legal evidence by fingerprints

The international association for identification iai was founded

1939 first us disaster where fingerprint identification was used in the sinking

Of the uss squalus

In1984 lacroix and mj wolf quenot and k haffen published early human hand morphology it discussed the three phases development of the hand and supports our current understanding of the morphology of friction ridges

In 1984 lacroix mj wolf quenot and k haffen published early humanhand morphology it discussed the three phases of the hand and supports our current understanding of the morphology of criterion ridges