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HENRY, Sir Edward Richard (1850 – 1931)

HENRY, Sir Edward Richard (1850 – 1931)

1850 – 1931

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Leslie Ward · Published in Vanity Fair , 5 October 1905. Digital version from University of Virginia Fine Arts Library · Public domain

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1900 CE

#189

Classification and uses of finger prints.

HENRY, Sir Edward Richard (1850 – 1931)
HENRY, Sir Edward Richard (1850 – 1931)

The Henry system of fingerprint classification, developed when Henry served as Inspector-General of Police in Bengal, is the basis for the system presently in use worldwide.