Forensic Science History

1787-1853 - Founder of forensic toxicology, studied poisons and worked on the Marie Lafarge case

• Mathieu Orfila

• Sir Francis Galton

• Hans Gross

• Victor Bathazard

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1877-1966 Est a forensic lab in Lyons France in 1910, founded Lorcard Exchange Principle

• Alphonse Bertillion

• Edmond Locard

• Calvin Goddard

• Anthropometry

Who was the first person to use fingerprinting as a method of identification?

• Juan Vucitech

• William Hershel

• Susan Anthony

• Karl Landsteiner

Who was the first to come up with a classification system based on fingerprints?

• Karl Landsteiner

• Alec Jefferys

• Colin Pitchfork

• Dr Henry Faulds

Mathieu Orfila is considered the father of....

• Forensic Science

• Forensic Anthropology

• Toxicology

• Entomology

Who was the first criminal convicted by DNA evidence?

• Karl Landsteiner

• Alec Jefferys

• Colin Pitchfork

• Dr Henry Faulds

What are the odds for two fingerprints being the same?

• 1 in 64 billion found by Sir Francis Galton

• 1 in 5 found by Freud

• 1 in 250 thousand found by Sir Issac Newton

• 1 in 2 million found by Henry Smith

1822-1911 - Developed 1st classification system for fingerprints and uses loop, arch, whorl patterns

• Mathieu Orfila

• Sir Francis Galton

• Hans Gross

• Victor Bathazard

1847-1915 - Generalist who believed in diverse approach to forensics and published 1st textbook 1893

• Mathieu Orfila

• Sir Francis Galton

• Hans Gross

• Victor Bathazard

1852-1950 Paris Medical Examiner who advanced fingerprint (they're unique), firearm, & hair

• Mathieu Orfila

• Sir Francis Galton

• Hans Gross

• Victor Bathazard