French police officer and biometrics researcher who created anthropometry, a system of physical measurements for criminal identification, described as the first scientific system used by police to identify criminals. 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 Death YearSourced to the subject's own account Defining ContributionSourced to the subject's own accountPioneered anthropometry, the first scientific system used by police to identify criminals through physical measurement. 1 Connections
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Bertillon began his career as a clerk at the Paris Prefecture of Police in 1879 and, as head of its own Bureau of Identification, introduced his anthropometric identification system there; the Parisian police formally adopted it in 1883.
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Disciplines Pioneered: Criminalistics, Lead sectionQuote, Disciplines Pioneered: Criminalistics, Lead section
Anthropometry was the first scientific system used by police to identify criminals.
2. Wikidata: Alphonse Bertillon
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