Founder of first Forensic science laboratory in North America
Awards
French Hall of Fame of Criminalistic
Scientific career
Fields
Forensic scientist
Institutions
Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale
Wilfrid Derome (19 April 1877 – 24 November 1931) was a Quebec forensic scientist known as the founder of the first forensic science laboratory in North America, founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] The laboratory is now called the Laboratoire des Sciences Judiciaires et de Médecine Légale.
^Beaudoin, F. Wilfrid Derome, terreur de la classe criminelle, Journal de la Criminalistique, 1(3), 2011, pp 98-100
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