Top Ten Most Famous Forensic Scientists

3. Joseph Bell:

One of the inspirations for the literary character of Sherlock Holmes was Scotsman Joseph Bell. He was a pioneer in forensic pathology, believing that close observation was essential to crime-solving. At the time, in the late 19th Century, observations of the nature made by Bell were not often used to solve crimes. He was also a surgeon, and the personal surgeon to Queen Victoria when she was in Scotland. Some of his techniques are still used today by forensic scientists.