Frances Glessner Lee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetFrances Glessner Lee
"mother of forensic science"
Date of Birth: 25-Mar-1878
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of Death: 27-Jan-1962
Profession: physician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Frances Glessner Lee
- Frances Glessner Lee (March 25, 1878 – January 27, 1962) was influential in developing the science of forensics in the United States.
- To this end, she created the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, 20 true crime scene dioramas recreated in minute detail at dollhouse scale, used for training homicide investigators.
- Eighteen of the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death are still in use for teaching purposes by the Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, and the dioramas are also now considered works of art.
- Lee also helped to establish the Department of Legal Medicine at Harvard, and endowed the Magrath Library of Legal Medicine there.
- She became the first female police captain in the United States, and is known as the "mother of forensic science".
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