PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION

HISTORY OF FINGERPRINT
ANCIENT HISTORY
1. BABYLONIANS
2. CHINESE
BEGINNINGS
1. MARCELO MALPIGHI(1686)
2. J.C MAYER (1788)
3. JOHN EVANGELIST PURKINJE (1823)
4. HERMAN WELCKER (1856)
5. WILLIAM HERSCHEL (1858)
6..DR. HENRY FAULDS (1880’S)
7. ALPHONSE BERTILLON (1879)
8. WILL WEST & WILLIAM WEST (1903)
9. GILBERT THOMPSOM (1882)
10. MARK TWAIN (1883)
11. JUAN VUCETICH (1891)
12. FRANCIS GALTON (1892)
13. SIR EDWARD HENRY (1897)
New York City Service Commission (1901)
• first official use of FP- USA
1904
• American police received training from Scotland Yard representatives
1924
• National FP file was set up in America by FBI

PHILIPPINE HISTORY
• MR. JONES- first taught FP in the PC (1900)( commitment and conviction records of prisoners) already used fingerprint.
• LT. ASA & N. DARBY- established a modern and complete fingerprint files for Philippine Commonwealth during the reoccupation of the Philippines by the American Forces.
• GENEROSO REYES- first Filipino FP technician employed by the PC
• ISABELA BERNALES- first Filipina FP technician
• CAPT. THOMAS DUGAN- NY police department and FLAVIANO GUERRERO, FBI Washington- gave the first examination in FP (1927)
• AGUSTIN PATRICIO- topped the examination
• PP. VS. MEDINA- first leading conviction based on FP
• PCCR- first government recognized to teach the Science of FP and other Police Science