FIVS 123 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Homicide, Nylon, Linnean Society Of London
24 Feb 2017
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1792 bc: the earliest reference for the use of fingerprints for identification purposes dates back to babylon in 1792-1750 bc. 300 bc: from here onward, the chinese used fingerprints as means of personal identification. There are no historical records addressing why they used fingerprints in these early times. However, the mere use of fingerprints an intuitiveness concerning the distinctiveness of fingerprints as they relate to people. 1870"s: william herschel (british official) required palm prints and impressions of right index finger from locals in india for every contract he made. Again, there is no evidence that he had developed any systematic way of thinking these handprints to a particular person. 1880: dr. henry faulds (scottish missionary in japan) who was working in a hospital published an article in the journal nature concerning the possibility of identifying criminals by their fingerprints left at crime scenes. He used this to help the tokyo police in burglary investigation.
