History of fingerprint

The one noted to be the first user of Fingerprints.

He was the first Chinese ruler who devised a seal carved from white jade.

He stated in his book (Anatomiche Kuphertafein Nebst dazu Gehorigen).

A professor in the University of Breslau, Germany, who discovered in his study a physiology.

He originated the term "loops and spirar ang because of his contribution one of the thin layer of the friction skin was named after him, the "Malphigian layer".

He took the prints of his own palms and after forty-one years (1879) he printed the same palms to proved that prints do not change, except for some scratches due to old age.

He claimed that the impression would provide positive identification of offenders when apprehended. also wrote "A Manual of Practical Dactylography" based on skin ridges of the fingers and toes.

He utilized fingerprints as a substitute for signature to avoid impersonation among the natives.

Credited for being the first scientist of friction skin identification who established the first Civil Bureau of Personal Identification in London, England; and discover the three families of fingerprint patters - Arches, Loops and Whorls (A-L-W-Methods).

His system of identification finally replace the Bertillionage system of identification in France (Anthropometry by Alphonse Bertillion).