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Frederick Griffith

1879 - 1941

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Frederick Griffith (1877–1941) was a British bacteriologist whose focus was the epidemiology and pathology of bacterial pneumonia. In January 1928 he reported what is now known as Griffith's experiment, the first widely accepted demonstrations of bacterial transformation, whereby a bacterium distinctly changes its form and function. He showed that Streptococcus pneumoniae, implicated in many cases of lobar pneumonia, could transform from one strain into a different strain. The observation was attributed to an unidentified underlying principle, later known in the Avery laboratory as the "transforming principle" (abbreviated as T. P.) and identified as DNA. America's leading pneumococcal researcher, Oswald T. Avery, speculated that Griffith had failed to apply adequate controls. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Griffith is the 212th most popular physician (down from 172nd in 2019), the 1,229th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 872nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Physician.

Frederick Griffith was a British bacteriologist who discovered that bacteria could pass on genes to one another.

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Among physicians, Frederick Griffith ranks 212 out of 726. Before him are Marcel Petiot, Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi, Patch Adams, Louis Ignarro, Philipp Franz von Siebold, and Thomas Willis. After him are Guy de Chauliac, Waldemar Hoven, Mehriban Aliyeva, Zhang Zhongjing, Bernardino Ramazzini, and John Langdon Down.

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Among people born in 1879, Frederick Griffith ranks 52. Before him are Boris Savinkov, Adolf Strauss, Franz Reichelt, Aleksandar Stamboliyski, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, and Joe Hill. After him are Joseph Avenol, Nikolai Medtner, Aimo Cajander, Hisaichi Terauchi, Kartini, and Edward Steichen. Among people deceased in 1941, Frederick Griffith ranks 53. Before him are Hans Driesch, Paul-Jacques Curie, Dmitry Pavlov, Franz Gürtner, Gottfried Feder, and Maria Spiridonova. After him are Rudolf Hilferding, Ernst Lindemann, Lou Gehrig, Karin Boye, Guido Adler, and Natalie of Serbia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Griffith ranks 1,229 out of 8,785. Before him are Cosmo Duff-Gordon (1862), David C. H. Austin (1926), Inigo Jones (1573), Rosemary Harris (1927), Thomas Willis (1621), and William the Lion (1142). After him are Adelard of Bath (1075), Billy Idol (1955), James Dunlop (1793), Prince Michael of Kent (1942), Ian Curtis (1956), and Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime (1849).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Frederick Griffith ranks 14. Before him are Niels Kaj Jerne (1911), James Parkinson (1755), Elizabeth Blackwell (1821), Robert Knox (1791), Hans Sloane (1660), and Thomas Willis (1621). After him are John Langdon Down (1828), Mungo Park (1771), James Lind (1716), Cicely Saunders (1918), Clarke Abel (1780), and Henry Gray (1827).

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