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Wikipedia: Henry Faulds

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The Wikipedia biographical article on Henry Faulds, covering his 1880 Nature paper proposing fingerprint identification. 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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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Faulds
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Encyclopedia
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Reliability Tier
3
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Wikipedia: Henry Faulds
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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Faulds
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  • Life in Japan section
    Faulds' first paper on the subject was published in the scientific journal Nature in 1880
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Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)

This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Criminologists and Reformers, 13 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 6 general references.
  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
  • Forensic Disciplines and Methods, 1 claims: 1 holds.

Well-attested

10

Criminologists and Reformers

Henry Faulds

Sources

Wikipedia: Henry Faulds

Holds

2

Criminologists and Reformers

Henry Faulds

Forensic Disciplines and Methods

Dactyloscopy

General References

6

Criminologists and Reformers

Henry Faulds
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