People who devised, classified or championed the identification of individuals by body measurements and fingerprint ridges, from the anthropometric system of the nineteenth century to the fingerprint classification systems used by police forces in Europe, India and South America. A person belongs here when the cited source credits the person with an identification method, a classification system or the early case for fingerprinting. It excludes the pioneers of DNA identification, who have their own group.
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Fingerprint and Biometric Identification Pioneers
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Wikipedia: Sir William Herschel, 2nd Baronet
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used fingerprints for identification on contracts
Robert Heindl (Wikipedia)
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most noted for his advocacy of fingerprinting
Wikipedia: Alphonse Bertillon
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Alphonse Bertillon (French: [bɛʁtijɔ̃]; 22 April 1853-13 February 1914) was a French police officer and biometrics researcher who applied the anthropological technique of anthropometry to law enforcement, creating an identification system based on physical measurements.
Wikipedia: Francis Galton
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Sir Francis Galton (; 16 February 1822-17 January 1911) was an English polymath and the originator of eugenics during the Victorian era; his ideas later became the basis of behavioural genetics.
Wikipedia: Edward Henry (police officer)
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Sir Edward Richard Henry, 1st Baronet, (26 July 1850-19 February 1931) was the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (head of the Metropolitan Police of London) from 1903 to 1918.
NLM Visible Proofs: Juan Vucetich
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Juan Vucetich, who was developing a system of fingerprint identification for police use.
Wikipedia: Henry Faulds
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Henry Faulds (1 June 1843 - 24 March 1930) was a Scottish doctor, missionary and scientist who is noted for the development of fingerprinting.
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