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William James Herschel

Sir William James Herschel, 2nd Baronet was a British ICS officer in India who used fingerprints for identification on contracts.

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The Origin of Finger-Printing by William James Herschel

The Origin of Finger-Printing

An innovative method to identify individuals emerges from colonial India, forever changing how law enforcement verifies people's identities.

By William James Herschel

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