Edmond Locard
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Dr. Edmond Locard (1877-1966) was a 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.
Locard studied medicine and law at Lyon, eventually becoming the assistant of Alexandre Lacassagne, a pioneer criminologist and professor of Forensic Medicine at the University of Lyon. He held this post until 1910, when he began the foundation of his criminal laboratory. He produced a monumental, seven-volume work, Traité de Criminalistique, and continued with his reasearch until his death in 1966.
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- The Illustrated guide to Forensics - True Crime Scene Investigations By Dr Zakaria Erzinçlioglu
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