Major Developments in Forensic Science History
§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 using 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, “Every contact leaves a trace.”
§1922—Francis Aston 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 first DNA tests to be applied to a criminal case
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