Forensics Historic Figures

Question 1

yi yu ji

Answer 1

1st to realize fingerprints as a form of indentification

Question 2

marcello malphi

Answer 2

1st recorded notes about fingerprint characteristics

Question 3

carl wilhelm scheele

Answer 3

1st successful test for detecting arsenic in corpses

Question 4

valentin ross

Answer 4

discovered a more precise way of detecting arsenic in corpses

Question 5

mathieu ortfila

Answer 5

father of toxicology

published 1st paper detection of poisons

Question 6

william nichol

Answer 6

invented polarizing microscope

Question 7

henry louis banyard

Answer 7

1st procedure of microscopic detection of sperm

Question 8

alphonse bertillion

Answer 8

1879 father of criminal identification
devised antrometry
involved taking body measurements replaced by fingerprinting

Question 9

henry galton

Answer 9

studied and developed classifying finger prints

Question 10

hans gross

Answer 10

wrote criminal investigation which applied science disciplines to crime investigations

Question 11

Dr. Karl Landsteiner

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discovered blood types

Question 12

Dr. Leon Lattes

Answer 12

determining blood group of dried blood stain

Question 13

Edmond Locard

Answer 13

exchange principle

Question 14

Dr. Walter McCrone

Answer 14

microscpy

Question 15

Calvin Goddard

Answer 15

refined techniques of firearm examination by using comparison microscope

Question 16

Alec Jeffreys

Answer 16

developed 1st dna profiling test in 1984

Question 17

albert osborn

Answer 17

document examination and forged document analysis