Reiss, Rodolphe Archibald (1875-1929), forensic photographer, born in Frankfurt am Main. Between 1893 and 1898 he studied natural science in Lausanne, Switzerland, and in 1899 became head of the university's photographic laboratory. In 1903 he published La Photographie judiciaire, in 1906 became professor of judicial photography in Lausanne, and in 1909 founded the Institut de Police Scientifique, which he directed until 1919. He also did pioneering work in medical radiography. He published extensively and became a leading international authority in the field. In the First World War he went to Serbia as an expert and remained there until his death.

— Jens Jaeger

Bibliography

• Matthyer, J., Rodolphe A. Reiss, pionnier de la criminalistique (2001)