1686- A pofessor in Bologna, Italy named Marcello Malpighi recordedd the similarities between spirals, loops and ridges in fingerprints. In favor for Malpighi, a layer of skin which is 1.88mm thick named after him.
1823- Johannes Evengelista Purkinjie; a proffessor at the University of Breslau, Prussia documented the nine different patterns of fingerprints.
1892- Galton wrote a book named "Fingerprints" which was the first book published that deeply described all about fingerprints. He identified the three types of fingerprints being Arches, Loops, and Whorls.
1892- Due to Galton's book "Fingerprints" a police official Juan Vucetich was the first to keep fingerprints on file. Because of Vucetich keeping file, he made the first arrest based on identification of fingerprints.
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