Alphonse Bertillon

Noun

Meaning

French criminologist (1853-1914)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Bertillon

Examples

Alphonse Bertillon was a French criminologist and founder of Anthropometry (scientific study of measurements and proportions of the human body). Source: Internet

The French police officer Alphonse Bertillon was the first to apply the anthropological technique of anthropometry to law enforcement, thereby creating an identification system based on physical measurements. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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