Sir Richard Griffith, 1st Baronet

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Sir Richard Griffith, 1st Baronet
Portrait of Sir Richard Griffith, 1st Baronet painted by Stephen Catterson Smith
Born	20 September 1784 Hume Street, Dublin, Ireland
Died	22 September 1878 (1878-09-23) (aged 94) Dublin, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Awards	Wollaston medal (1854)
Scientific career
Fields	geology

Sir Richard John Griffith Bt. FRS FRSE FGS LLD (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 the author of the valuation of Ireland; subsequently known as Griffith's Valuation.