Johannes evangelista purkinje fingerprinting in nj

The Classification of
Fingerprint Types & Dermatoglyphics
The oldest models for classifying fingerprint types were probably presented at the end of the 18th century.

But the significance of the so-called 'deltas' (triridii) was first described by Galton in the late 19th century. Below follows an overview of some milestones in fingerprint type classification.

The works presented by Purkinje, Galton, Midlo, and the F.B.I.

represent milestones in the history of fingerprint type classification.

- Purkinje's 9 Fingerprint Groups -
Jan Evangelista Purkinje (1787-1869), a Czech physiologist and professor of anatomy at the University of Breslau, published in 1823 a thesis discussing 9 fingerprint pattern types.

- Galton's 3 Basic Fingerprint Types -
Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911), an English polymath and anthropologist, published a detailed statistical model of fingerprint analysis and identification and encoura