FINGER-PRINT PIONEER DEAD
DR. HENRY FAULDS. Dr. Henry Faulds, pioneer of the fingerprint system of identifying criminals, died a few weeks ago, at the age of 86, at his home, Wolstanton, near Stoke-on-Trent. Born at Beith, Ayrshire, Dr. Faulds went to India as a medical missionary, and in 1873 to Tokio as superintendent of a hospital. It was there that his attention was called to fingerprints by observing finger-prints on primitive Japanese pottery. His extensive research led him to be the greatest authority on the subject in the world. For many years Dr. Faulds practised in the Potteries, and while he was at Hanely he was called in 1905 to give evidence for the defence against Scotland Yard in the well-known “Mask .Murder” trial. Since his first article on ‘Dactylography” as the then new science—in 1880 —was called, he has published a great deal on the subject. He had lived in retirement for some years before his death.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 73, Issue 108, 9 May 1930, Page 8
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