History of forensic science 14155

Forensic Science History

By Mandujano
  • Sep 27, 700

    Chinese used fingerprints to establish identity of documents and clay sculptures

    Chinese used fingerprints to establish identity of documents and clay sculptures
  • Sep 27, 1000

    Roman courts determined that bloody palm prints were used to frame a man in his brother’s murder

    Roman courts determined that bloody palm prints were used to frame a man in his brother’s murder
  • Sep 27, 1149

    King Richard of England introduced the idea of the coroner to investigate questionable death

  • Sep 27, 1200

    A murder in China is solved when flies were attracted to invisible blood residue on a sword of a man in the community

    A murder in China is solved when flies were attracted to invisible blood residue on a sword of a man in the community

  • Fidelus was first to practice forensic medicine in Italy

  • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek constructed the first high-powered microscope

    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek constructed the first high-powered microscope

  • John Toms convicted of murder on basis of torn edge of wad of paper in pistol matching a piece of paper in his pocket

  • Gustav Kirchhoff and Robert Bunsen developed the science of spectroscopy.

  • Crime scene photography developed

  • Alphonse Bertillon developed a system to identify people using particular body measurements

  • Edward Henry developed first classification system for fingerprint identification

  • Karl Landsteiner identified human blood groups

  • Edmond Locard formulated his famous principle, “Every contact leaves a trace.”

  • Francis Aston developed the mass spectrometer.

  • James Watson and Francis Crick discover the DNA double helix

  • AFIS developed by FBI

    AFIS developed by FBI

  • effreys developed and used first DNA tests to be applied to a criminal case

    effreys developed and used first DNA tests to be applied to a criminal case