William Griffith (botanist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British doctor, naturalist, and botanist in South Asia
Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1810
Place of Birth: Ham, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 09-Feb-1845
Profession: botanist
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About William Griffith (botanist)
- William Griffith (1810 – 9 February 1845) 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.
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