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Place of Birth: Munich, Bavaria, Germany
About Robert Heindl
- Robert Heindl (24 July 1883 - 25 September 1958) was a German criminologist and lawyer, most noted for his advocacy of fingerprinting.
- This began after he read an article in 1902 on Edward Henry's use of the method in India - he requested the relevant files from the British imperial authorities in Calcutta, studied them extensively and then proposed to all the main police authorities in Germany that they adopt the technique.
- He was born in Munich and died in Irschenhausen.
- In 1953 he was awarded the Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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