Sir Richard Griffith, 1st Baronet

Geologist, Academic

1784 – 1878

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Who was Sir Richard Griffith, 1st Baronet?

Sir Richard John Griffith Bt. FRS, was an Irish geologist, mining engineer and chairman of the Board of Works of Ireland, who completed the first complete geological map of Ireland and was author of the valuation of Irelandknown ever since as Griffith's Valuation.

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Born
Sep 20, 1784
Dublin
Nationality
  • Republic of Ireland
Profession
Lived in
  • County Dublin
Died
Sep 22, 1878
Dublin
Resting place
Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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