Dr Henry Faulds, a Scots Medical Missionary Working in Japan, Published a Letter in Nature Which Gave the First Evidence That Fingerprints Could Be Used as Proof of Guilt or Innocence in Legal Cases.

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October 28, 1880

Dr Henry Faulds, a Scots medical missionary working in Japan, published a letter in Nature which gave the first evidence that fingerprints could be used as proof of guilt or innocence in legal cases.

October 28, 1907

John Harold Hewitt, poet who wrote the Glens of Antrim, is born

← John Harold Hewitt, poet who wrote the Glens of Antrim, is born

October 28, 1875

Death of William Howard Glover, composer and music critic

Death of William Howard Glover, composer and music critic →

October 28, 1907

John Harold Hewitt, poet who wrote the Glens of Antrim, is born

← John Harold Hewitt, poet who wrote the Glens of Antrim, is born

Dr Henry Faulds, a Scots medical missionary working in Japan, published a letter in Nature which gave the first evidence that fingerprints could be used as proof of guilt or innocence in legal cases.

October 28, 1875

Death of William Howard Glover, composer and music critic

Death of William Howard Glover, composer and music critic →

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