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Albert S. Osborn

Forensic Science Pioneers

An American examiner of questioned documents who founded the discipline as a science in North America. His 1910 book Questioned Documents became the standard reference, his handwriting comparison testimony was crucial in the Lindbergh kidnapping trial, and he established the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners in 1942. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1855 1
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
1946 1
NationalitySourced to the subject's own account
American 1
Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own account
Founded questioned document examination as a science in North America and wrote its standard reference work. 1
Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own account
Questioned Documents, 1910 1
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Disciplines Pioneered

Source Wikipedia: Questioned Document Examination
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1. Wikipedia: Albert S. Osborn
Wikidata: Albert S. Osborn
Wikidata Q4711166, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikipedia: Questioned Document Examination
Disciplines Pioneered: Forensic Document ExaminationView the Source
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