Sir Richard Griffith 1st Baronet Scientist

Sir Richard John Griffith Bt. FRS (20 September 1784 – 22 September 1878), 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 Ireland – known ever since as Griffith's Valuation.

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Sir Richard Griffith 1st Baronet
Birth dateSeptember 20, 1784
Birth place
Dublin
Date of deathSeptember 22, 1878
Place of death
Dublin

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Wollaston Medal

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