fingerprint technology was first adopted by scotland yard in 1901.
fingerprint technology was first adopted by scotland yard in 1901.
when did fingerprint technology first get adopted by scotland yard?
1901
a fingerprint bureau was established in calcutta (kolkata), india, in 1897, after the council of the governor general approved a committee report that fingerprints should be used for the classification of criminal records. working in the calcutta anthropometric bureau, before it became the fingerprint bureau, were azizul haque and hem chandra bose. haque and bose were indian fingerprint experts who have been credited with the primary development of a fingerprint classification system eventually named after their supervisor, sir edward richard henry. the henry classification system, co-devised by haque and bose, was accepted in england and wales when the first united kingdom fingerprint bureau was founded in scotland yard, the metropolitan police headquarters, london, in 1901. sir edward richard henry subsequently achieved improvements in dactyloscopy.
forensic science
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scotland yard, officially new scotland yard, is the headquarters of the metropolitan police service, responsible for policing greater london.









































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bullet::::- great scotland yard, the street where the original (now demolished) head office of the metropolitan police was located









































bullet::::- norman shaw buildings, its replacement, the original new scotland yard, on the victoria embankment









































bullet::::- scotland yard (highland park), a baseball park located in highland park, texas









































bullet::::- new scotland yard (building), a building in westminster, london









































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