Alphonse Bertillon
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1853 – 1914
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Who was Alphonse Bertillon?
Alphonse Bertillon 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. Anthropometry was the first scientific system used by police to identify criminals. Before that time, criminals could only be identified by name or photograph. The method was eventually supplanted by fingerprinting, but "his other contributions like the mug shot and the systematization of crime-scene photography remain in place to this day."
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- Born
- Apr 24, 1853
Paris - Parents
- Siblings
- Died
- Feb 13, 1914
Münsterlingen
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on July 23, 2013
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