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Frederick Griffith

British bacteriologist

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Born: 1877
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1.Stated in SNAC
2.Stated in Biodiversity Heritage LibraryRetrieved 2022-08-18
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Died: April 17, 1941
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1.doi.org/10.1099/00221287-45-3-385Retrieved 2022-07-13
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, 1941
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1.Stated in SNACRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: London
Place of death: London
Citizenship: United Kingdom
, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Occupation: physician
, geneticist
, pathologist
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Education: University of Liverpool
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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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.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Frederick
Family name: Griffith

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