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Bertillon

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Ber·til·lon  (bûrtl-n, br-t-yô), Alphonse 1853-1914.
French anthropologist and criminologist who devised the Bertillon system (1880).
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Noun1.Bertillon - French criminologist (1853-1914)


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To the man of precisely scientific mind the work of Monsieur Bertillon must always appeal strongly.
It was such things, however, which helped to identify to Tarzan and to Taug the appearance of the abductor, and with his individual scent characteristic already indelibly impressed upon their memories, they were in a far better position to know him when they came upon him, even should he have disposed of Teeka before, than is a modern sleuth with his photographs and Bertillon measurements, equipped to recognize a fugitive from civilized justice.
His conversation, I remember, was about the Bertillon system of measurements, and he expressed his enthusiastic admiration of the French savant.
 
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