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The field of ergonomics employs anthropometry to optimize human interaction with equipment and workplaces. Anthropometry (/ ænθrəˈpɒmɪtrɪ / ⓘ, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos) 'human' and μέτρον (métron) 'measure') refers to the measurement of the human individual. An early tool of physical anthropology, it has ...
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.
The history of anthropometry includes its use as an early tool of anthropology, use for identification, use for the purposes of understanding human physical variation in paleoanthropology and in various attempts to correlate physical with racial and psychological traits. At various points in history, certain anthropometrics have been cited by ...
F. Galton, Galton. Sir Francis GaltonFRS FRAI(/ˈɡɔːltən/; 16 February 1822 – 17 January 1911) was a British polymathand the originator of eugenicsduring the Victorian era; his ideas later became the basis of behavioral genetics. [1][2] Galton produced over 340 papers and books.
Adolphe Quetelet. Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet FRSF or FRSE (French: [kətlɛ] ⓘ; 22 February 1796 – 17 February 1874) [ 1 ] was a Belgian astronomer, mathematician, statistician and sociologist who founded and directed the Brussels Observatory and was influential in introducing statistical methods to the social sciences.
Franz Boas. Franz Uri Boas[a] (July 9, 1858 – December 21, 1942) was a German-American anthropologist and ethnomusicologist. [22] He was a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology". [23][24][25] His work is associated with the movements known as historical particularism and cultural relativism.
The Henry Classification System is a long-standing method by which fingerprints are sorted by physiological characteristics for one-to-many searching. Developed by Hem Chandra Bose, [1] Qazi Azizul Haque [2] and Sir Edward Henry in the late 19th century for criminal investigations in British India, [3] it was the basis of modern-day AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System ...
Vucetich was born in Hvar, Kingdom of Dalmatia, then part of the Austrian Empire, and immigrated to Argentina in 1884. [1][2] In 1891, he began the first filing of fingerprints based on ideas of Francis Galton, which he expanded significantly. He became the director of the Center for Dactyloscopy in Buenos Aires.