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Key Figures in Forensic Science

This document discusses several important personalities in the history of forensic chemistry and science. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle popularized scientific crime detection methods through his Sherlock Holmes novels. Prof Matheiu Orfila is considered the father of modern forensic toxicology for his work identifying arsenic poisoning in a court case. Francis Galton undertook the first definitive study of fingerprints. Edmund Locard established the world's first police crime laboratory and formulated the basic principle of forensic science that every contact leaves a trace, known as Locard's exchange principle.

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Key Figures in Forensic Science

This document discusses several important personalities in the history of forensic chemistry and science. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle popularized scientific crime detection methods through his Sherlock Holmes novels. Prof Matheiu Orfila is considered the father of modern forensic toxicology for his work identifying arsenic poisoning in a court case. Francis Galton undertook the first definitive study of fingerprints. Edmund Locard established the world's first police crime laboratory and formulated the basic principle of forensic science that every contact leaves a trace, known as Locard's exchange principle.

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PERSONALITIES IN

FORENSIC
CHEMISTRY
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
 Author, Sherlock Holmes novels ( 1ST
published in 1887)
 Many believe, he had a considerable influence
on popularizing scientific crime detection methods
 In his books, we can find examples of his ability
to describe scientific methods of detection years
before they were actually discovered and
implemented
Prof Matheiu Orfila
Chemist, is the father of modern forensic
Toxicology after testifying in court as expert
witness against Madam Marie Lafarge, after
poisoning her husband, Charles Lafarge with
Arsenic. Orfila uses the technique “Marsch test”
to identify arsenic from the body of Charles
LaFarge. Using laboratory experiments, clinical
data, and sometimes post-mortem examination,
he developed a reliable and systematic method
to detect poisonous substances in the human
body.
Francis Galton
 undertook the first definitive study of fingerprint
Leone Lattes
 Discovered that blood can be grouped into
different categories (A,AB,B, and O)
Calvin Goddard
 Established the comparison microscope as the
indispensable tool of the modern firearm examiner.
Father of forensic ballistic. He developed the
science of identifying fired bullets and empty
cartridge cases. He proved that no two guns were
made exactly alike – that every weapon makes
characteristic marks on a bullet and a cartridge shell.
Dr Edmund Locard
 Criminologist, is the father of modern
forensics. Established the world's first police
crime laboratory in Lyons, France (1910);
headed that lab until 1951 & succeeded by son
 established the “Locard’s Exchange Principle”
LOCARD’S EXCHANGE PRINCIPLE
“Whenever a criminal comes into contact with a
victim, an object, or a crime scene, he/ she will
leave behind evidence, and will also take away
evidence”. - Edmund Locard
a French criminologist, the pioneer in forensic
science who became known as the "Sherlock
Holmes of France". He formulated the basic
principle of forensic science: "Every contact
leaves a trace". This became known as Locard's
exchange principle. In 1910, Locard succeeded
in persuading the Police Department of Lyon to
give him two attic rooms and two assistants, to
start what became the first police laboratory.
Locard named as the father of Forensic Science.
 fo·ren·sics (f -r n s ks, -z ks) –

n. (used with a sing. verb) – The art or study of


formal debate; argumentation.
– The word Forensic comes from the Latin word
forensis: public; to the forum or public Forensic
Science

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