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JOHN LARSON - developed the polygraph test in
1921. He was a Police Officer
for Berkeley, California, United States, and famous
for his invention of modern polygraph used
in forensic investigations. He was the first
American police officer having an
academic doctorate and to use polygraph in
criminal investigations.

JONATHAN WILD – was a buckle maker then a
brothel operator, a master criminal who became
London’s most effective criminal investigator. He
was the most famous thief catcher in 1720s. His
methods or techniques made popular the logic of
employing a thief to catch a thief. He conceived the
idea of charging a fee for locating and returning
stolen property to its rightful owners.

JOSEPH FOUCHÉ - was a French statesman
and Minister of Police under Emperor Napoleon
Bonaparte. He rose to become the most feared and
respected intelligence director in French history. He
created a network of agent. His assistance founded
the modern system of spying on spies, which later
was known as counter espionage, thus he gained
the fame as “father of counter espionage”.

JOSEPH NICÉPHORE NIÉPCE – was a
French inventor, credited as the inventor
of photography. He also developed heliography, a
technique he used to create the world's oldest
surviving product of a photographic process: a
print made from a photoengraved printing plate in
1825.

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