<P> The Henry Classification System is a long - standing method by which fingerprints are sorted by physiological characteristics for one - to - many searching . Developed by Hem Chandra Bose , Azizul Haque and Sir Edward Henry in the late 19th century for criminal investigations in British India , it was the basis of modern - day AFIS ( Automated Fingerprint Identification System ) classification methods up until the 1990s . In recent years , the Henry Classification System has generally been replaced by ridge flow classification approaches . </P>
who devised the fingerprint classification still used today in europe and the us
Hem Chandra Bose Azizul Haque Sir Edward Henry