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Henry Faulds
Scottish doctor, missionary and scientist
Henry Faulds (1 June – 24 March ) was a Scottish doctor, missionary and scientist who is noted for the development of fingerprinting.
Early life
Faulds was born in Beith, North Ayrshire, into a family of modest means. Aged 13, he was forced to leave school, and went to Glasgow to work as a clerk to help support his family; at 21 he decided to enrol at the Facility of Arts at Glasgow University, where he studied mathematics, logic and the classics.
He later studied medicine at Anderson's College, and graduated with a physician's licence.
Following graduation, Faulds then became a medical missionary for the Church of Scotland.
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In , he was sent to British India, where he worked for two years in Darjeeling at a hospital for the poor.
On 23 July , he received a letter of appointment from the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland to establish a medical mission in Japan.
He married Isabella Wilson that September, and