Definition of Alphonse Bertillon

1. Noun. French criminologist (1853-1914).

Exact synonyms: Bertillon
Generic synonyms: Criminologist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alphonse Bertillon

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Alphonse Bertillon (current term)
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Literary usage of Alphonse Bertillon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the ... Annual Congress of Correction of the American by American Correctional Association (1896)
"The father of Dr. Alphonse Bertillon was a professor in one of the ... To Alphonse Bertillon, however, is due the credit of having worked out the system of ..."

2. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914), the inventor of the system named after him, was born in Paris, and after years of study devoted to criminology became the ..."

3. Personal Identification: Methods for the Identification of Individuals by Harris Hawthorne Wilder, Bert Wentworth (1918)
"Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914). From an early photograph. the French term it, and it is important to note, in order to correct a common error, ..."

4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"Dr. Alphonse Bertillon, chief of the Judicial Identification Service in Paris, has elaborated a system which is divided into three parts, viz., ..."

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