John Augustus Larson
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1892 – 1965
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Who was John Augustus Larson?
John Augustus Larson was a Police Officer for Berkeley, California, United States, and famous for his invention of modern polygraph used in forensic investigations. He was the first American police officer having an academic doctorate and to use polygraph in criminal investigations. After a famed career in criminal investigation, he died of heart attack in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 72.
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- Born
- Dec 11, 1892
Shelburne County - Ethnicity
- Scandinavians
- Nationality
- United States of America
- United Kingdom
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley
- Boston University
- Lived in
- California
- Died
- Oct 1, 1965
Berkeley
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on July 23, 2013
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