Person

Griffith, Samuel Walker (1845 - 1920)

Born: 21 June 1845
Merthyr, Glamorgan, Wales
Died: 9 August 1920
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Chief Justice, Member of Parliament and Politician

Summary

Sir Samuel Griffith, a first class honours graduate in classics and mathematics of the University of Sydney, was at various times Premier of Queensland, Chief Justice of Queensland and Chief Justice of Australia.

Details

Chronology

1863: Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Sydney
1870: Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Sydney
1888 -: Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1912: Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Queensland

Related Corporate Bodies

Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)
Original [founding] member 1888 -

Archival resources

John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland

Samuel Walker Griffith - Records, 1860 - 1862, OM64-10; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
Samuel Walker Griffith - Records, 1951 - 1952, OM65-53; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details
Samuel Walker Griffith - Records, c. 1953, OM79-31; John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

Joyce, R. B., 'Griffith, Sir Samuel Walker (1845-1920), chief justice and premier' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 112-119. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/griffith-sir-samuel-walker-445. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3471137. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/8278374. Details
'Griffith, Samuel (18450621-19200809)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-628601. Details
'Awarded honorary LLD, 1912', Honorary awards recipients, University of Queensland, 2023, https://alumni.uq.edu.au/awards/honorary-awards-previous-recipients. Details

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