History and Development of Forensic Science There are many individuals that can be cited as having contributed to FS. The following list is definitely a brief listing: 700s AD—Chinese used fingerprints to establish identity of documents and clay sculptures ~1000—Roman courts determined that bloody palm prints were used to frame a man in his brother’s murder 1149—King Richard of introduced the idea of the coroner to investigate questionable death 1200s—A murder in is solved when flies were attracted to invisible blood residue on a sword of a man in the community 1670—Anton Van Leeuwenhoek constructed the first high-powered microscope 1776—Paul Revere identified the body of General Joseph Warren based on the false teeth he had made for him 1784—John Toms convicted of murder on basis of torn edge of wad of paper in pistol matching a piece of paper in his pocket 1859—Gustav Kirchhoff and Robert Bunsen developed the science of spectroscopy. 1864—Crime scene photography developed 1879—Alphonse Bertillon developed a system to identify people particular body measurements 1896—Edward Henry developed first classification system for fingerprint identification 1900—Karl Landsteiner identified human blood groups 1904—Edmond Locard formulated his famous principle, contact leaves a trace.” 1922—Francis developed the mass spectrometer. 1959—James Watson and Francis Crick discover the DNA double helix 1977—AFIS developed by FBI, fully automated in 1996 1984—Jeffreys developed and used DNA tests to be applied to a criminal case Noted individuals will be discussed in greater detail. Mathieu Orfelia (1787-1853) considered to be the father of forensic toxicology. In – 1814, published the first scientific treatise on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals. (1822-1911) Developed the first system of using fingerprints as a Francis Galton – standard for personal identification.
History and Development of Forensic Science There are many individuals that can be cited as having contributed to FS. The following list is definitely a brief listing: 700s AD—Chinese used fingerprints to establish identity of documents and clay sculptures ~1000—Roman courts determined that bloody palm prints were used to frame a man in his brother’s murder 1149—King Richard of introduced the idea of the coroner to investigate questionable death 1200s—A murder in is solved when flies were attracted to invisible blood residue on a sword of a man in the community 1670—Anton Van Leeuwenhoek constructed the first high-powered microscope 1776—Paul Revere identified the body of General Joseph Warren based on the false teeth he had made for him 1784—John Toms convicted of murder on basis of torn edge of wad of paper in pistol matching a piece of paper in his pocket 1859—Gustav Kirchhoff and Robert Bunsen developed the science of spectroscopy. 1864—Crime scene photography developed 1879—Alphonse Bertillon developed a system to identify people particular body measurements 1896—Edward Henry developed first classification system for fingerprint identification 1900—Karl Landsteiner identified human blood groups 1904—Edmond Locard formulated his famous principle, contact leaves a trace.” 1922—Francis developed the mass spectrometer. 1959—James Watson and Francis Crick discover the DNA double helix 1977—AFIS developed by FBI, fully automated in 1996 1984—Jeffreys developed and used DNA tests to be applied to a criminal case Noted individuals will be discussed in greater detail. Mathieu Orfelia (1787-1853) – considered to be the father of forensic toxicology. In 1814, published the first scientific treatise on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals. Francis Galton (1822-1911) – Developed the first system of using fingerprints as a standard for personal identification.
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