William Griffith

Who was William Griffith?

William Griffith was a British doctor, naturalist, and botanist. Griffith's botanical publications are from India and Burma. After a brief stay in Madras, he was assigned as a Civil Surgeon to Tenasserim, Burma, where he studied local plants and made collecting trips to the Barak River valley in Assam. He explored various parts of Burma, traveling the rivers, including the Irrawadi as far as Rangoon. He visited the highlands of Sikkim, and the region of the Himalayas around Shimla. Subsequently, Griffith was appointed as Civil Surgeon in Malacca, where he died of a parasitic liver disease.

Griffith's journeys in Asia:

Leaves England May 1832

Arrives to Madras, India, September 1832

Leaves to Mergui and Tenasserim, Burma, in late 1832

Returns to Calcutta 1835

Spends the year 1836 in Assam, India

Leaves to Burma early 1837

Returns to Calcutta June 1837

Collects two months at Khasia Hills, Meghalaya, India

Joins the expedition to Bhutan

Returns to Calcutta June 1838

Leaves for Afghanistan and Hindoo Koosh in November 1838

When returning, collects Near Shimla and Nerbudda

Returns to Calcutta June 1841

Leaves to Malacca middle of 1841