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Edmond Locard
Born
(1877-12-13)13 December 1877
Saint-Chamond, Loire, French Third Republic
Died
4 May 1966(1966-05-04) (aged 88)
Lyon, France
Nationality
French
Citizenship
French
Known for
First police laboratory, Locard's exchange principle, Sherlock Holmes of France
Children
Denise Stagnara
Scientific career
Fields
Forensic science, Public health
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Dr. Edmond Locard (13 December 1877 – 4 May 1966)[1] was a French criminologist, the pioneer in forensic science who became known as the "Sherlock Holmes of France". He formulated the basic principle of forensic science: "Every contact leaves a trace". This became known as Locard's exchange principle.
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standard in order to establish interoperability with IAFIS. In 1910, EdmondLocard established the first forensic lab in France. Criminals may wear gloves...
(Puy-de-Dôme, Allier, and Haute-Loire) and Var. She came into contact with EdmondLocard, who provided her with information between March and October 1943. After...
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study at the Lyons Criminology Institute under French criminologist EdmondLocard for three years, during which he invented the synchrisiscope. Stirling...
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Carnot. Bibliothèque de criminologie (in French). Lyon: A. Storck. Locard, Edmond (1954). Le Crime inutile (affaire Caserio) (in French). Paris: Éditions...
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