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Sir Edward Richard Henry
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About Fingerprints
- fingerprint identification is used both in Europe and North America
- three types of fingerprints: arches, loops, and whorls
- fingerprints do not change over time, each person is unique with the different patterns
Edward Richard Henry
- born in London on July 26, 1850
- studied at St Edmund's College, Ware, Hertfordshire
- took evening classes at University College, London to prepare for the entrance examination of the Indian Civil Service
- passed the examinations in order to join the civil service in India
- published "Classification and Uses of Finger Prints"
- died on February 19, 1931
Sir Edward Richard Henry
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Pioneer of Fingerprinting
- in 1896 Henry Classification System is a long-standing method by which fingerprints are sorted by physiological characteristics for one-to-many searching.
- in 1901 fingerprinting began in Bengal, India then first adopted as the official system in England and go everywhere else
- in 1911 the United States started to use fingerprints in courts
- Thomas Jennings was the first to be convicted of murder with the fingerprint evidence
- http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-procedure/fingerprints-the-first-id.html
- http://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/a-remarkable-police-commissioner/
- http://forensicunit.weebly.com/fingerprints.html
- http://www.crimescene-forensics.com/History_of_Fingerprints.html
Why he is important
Sir Edward Richard Henry was the assistant commissioner of police but then in 1903 he became the Metropolitan commissioner for his good work. Which was because he began to develop a system of fingerprint identification. All because of his work and established the Metropolitan Police Fingerprint Bureau. At the beginning of the twentieth century North America and Europe started to use it. The system helped any crime that happened with fingerprints left behind. Helped identify the person's fingerprint and to see if it matched or not with the one found.