Researchers

Question 1

What was Dr. Henry Faulds’s contribution to the study of fingerprints?

Answer 1

One of the first to recognize the persistency of fingerprints. Had students remove their friction ridges using sandpaper, chemicals and other methods and found that they grew back.

Question 2

What was Sir Francis Galton’s contribution to the study of fingerprints?

Answer 2

• he was the first to name the points of minutiae in fingerprints (bifurcation, ridge endings, islands, lakes, etc.)
• these points have been named after him as, “ Galton Points”

Question 3

What was Inez Whipple’s contribution to the study of fingerprints?

Answer 3

• noted that all mammals with five digits had the same morphological arrangement of volar pads on the bottoms of the hands and feet
  neighbouring ridges had a dielectric affect on the arrangement of friction ridges during their development

Question 4

What was the name of the paper that Inez Whipple published?

Answer 4

“The Ventral Surfaces of the Mammalian Chiridium”

Question 5

In simpler terms, what does, “The Ventral Surfaces of the Mammalian Chiridium” mean?

Answer 5

The outer surfaces of the hands and feet of mammals (in this case apes and humans, Inez Whipple)

Ventral = outer surface
Chiridium = Hands and/or feet
Mammalian = Mammals (apes and humans)

Question 6

What was Alphonse Bertillion’s contribution to the study of fingerprints?

Answer 6

• conceived the idea of using anatomical measurements to distinguish one criminal from another
• this is referred to as, “Anthropometry” / “Bertillionage”
• 11 measurements, two photos and prints of all 10 fingers

Question 7

When was the use of the fingerprint system established in Canada and under what legislative sanction?

Answer 7

• July

Question 8

When was the Canadian “National Fingerprint Bureau” established?

Answer 8

• February 1911 on Wellington St. Directly across from the Parliament buildings
• original files consisted of 2042 sets of fingerprints taken by Edward Foster between 1906 and 1910

Question 9

What was J.C.A Mayer’s contribution to the study of fingerprints?

Answer 9

• was the first to allude to the uniqueness of friction ridge skin