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Alphonse Bertillon
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1853-04-22 ) 22 April 1853, Paris , France
- Died
- 13 February 1914 (1914-02-13) (aged 60), Paris , France
- Occupations
- law enforcement officer and biometrics researcher
- Father
- Louis Bertillon
- Relatives
- Suzanne Bertillon (niece)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of death
- 16th arrondissement of Paris
- Father
- Louis-Adolphe Bertillon
- Occupation
- criminalist
- Employer
- Prefecture of Police of Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Image
- Alphonse Bertillon2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Alphonse Bertillon
- date of birth
- 1853-04-22
- date of death
- 1914-01-01
- place of burial
- Père Lachaise Cemetery
- Commons Creator page
- Alphonse Bertillon
- name in native language
- Alphonse Bertillon
- writing language
- French
- has works in the collection
- J. Paul Getty Museum
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Encyclopedic overview
Class on the Bertillon system in France in 1911. Class on the Bertillon system in France in 1911. Alphonse Bertillon ( French: [bɛʁtijɔ̃]; 22 April 1853 – 13 February 1914) was a French police officer and biometrics researcher who applied the anthropological technique of anthropometry to law enforcement, creating an identification system based on physical measurements.
Anthropometry was the first scientific system used by police to identify criminals. Before that time, criminals could only be identified by name or photograph. The method was eventually supplanted by fingerprinting.
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