bertillon in English

noun

Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914), French criminologist who developed the Bertillon system (scientific method for identifying criminals through the classification of physical characteristics)

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1. French anthropologist and criminologist who devised the Bertillon system ( 1880 ).

2. Bertillon is also referenced in the Caleb Carr novel The Alienist.