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Authorised form of nameGriffiths; Ernest Howard (1851 - 1932)
Dates1851 - 1932
NationalityBritish
Place of birthBrecon, Brecknockshire, Wales
Date of birth15 June 1851
Place of deathCambridge
Date of death03/03/1932
ActivityEducation:
MA
Career:
Private Tutor
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election13/06/1895
Royal Society activityMedals and prizes:
Hughes Medal 1907
SourcesSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1932-1935 vol l pp 15-18, plate, by Sir William Cecil Dampier Dampier
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/36600294
Royal Society codeNA5101
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference numberTitleDate
EC/1895/08Griffiths, Ernest Howard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/001796Griffiths, Ernest Howardnd
NLB/43/548Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society8 February 1911
NLB/4/432Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, 12 Parkside, Cambridge28 May 1890
NLB/7/728Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, Royal Hotel, Jersey14 April 1893
NLB/7/689Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr Wilson, Post Office Terrace, Cambridge11 April 1893
NLB/4/1140Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, 12 Parkside, Cambridge28 January 1891
NLB/6/467Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, 12 Park Side, Cambridge17 May 1892
NLB/5/4Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs West, Newman & Company, 54, Hatton Garden14 February 1891
NLB/5/5Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs West, Newman & Company16 February 1891
NLB/5/6Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, 2 Parkside, Cambridge16 February 1891
NLB/7/909Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, 12 Parkside, Cambridge25 May 1893
NLB/7/499Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr E Wilson, Post Office Terrace, Cambridge3 March 1893
NLB/7/489Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, 12 Park Side, Cambridge1 March 1893
NLB/48/263Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Principal [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society6 June 1913
NLB/7/751Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Messrs Harrison 18 April 1893
NLB/7/541Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, 12 Park Side, Cambridge9 March 1893
NLB/7/501Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr Collings3 March 1893
NLB/7/910Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr E Wilson, Post Office Terrace, Cambridge25 May 1893
NLB/7/916Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, 22 Parkside, Cambridge26 May 1893
NLB/7/917Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr Wilson26 May 1893
NLB/10/934Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr E Wilson, Post Office Terrace, Cambridge11 March 1895
NLB/10/1007Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Ernest Henry Griffiths, Bree's Hotel, Jersey22 March 1895
NLB/10/1023Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr E Wilson, Post Office Terrace, Cambridge26 March 1895
NLB/9/303Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Ernest Howard Griffiths27 April 1894
NLB/11/856Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, 12 Parkside, Cambridge21 October 1895
NLB/12/724Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society20 April 1896
NLB/14/70Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society21 December 1896
NLB/19/467Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Ernest Henry Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society10 October 1899
NLB/14/746Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society, 12 Parkside Cambridge8 May 1897
NLB/26/420Copy letter from Theodore E James to, Professor Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society16 March 1903
NLB/16/539Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to E H Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society25 April 1898
NLB/17/294Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Messrs Robarts, Lubbock & Company[4 October 1898]
NLB/17/318Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society7 October 1898
NLB/19/20Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society2 June 1899
NLB/19/185Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society10 July 1899
NLB/19/451Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Robarts, Lubbock & Company, 15 Lombard Street, E.C. 6 October 1899
NLB/23/1/832Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Principal Ernest Howard Griffiths, [Fellow of the Royal Society]30 January 1902
NLB/23/1/618Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Principal Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society16 December 1901
NLB/23/1/634Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society[17 December 1901]
NLB/25/762Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society, University College, Cardiff19 December 1902
NLB/27/145Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society, University College, Cardiff10 July 1903
NLB/30/3Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Dr Ernest Howard Griffiths, [Fellow of the Royal Society]15 January 1905
NLB/33/765Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society31 October 1906
NLB/29/423Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society7 October 1904
NLB/31/509Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society2 October 1905
MC/22/95Letter from Ernest Howard Griffiths, University College, Cardiff, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison5 December 1907
NLB/36/541Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society12 November 1907
NLB/34/776Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Principal [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society, University College, Cardiff8 March 1907
NLB/36/486Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Joseph Larmor, Secretary, Royal Society4 November 1907
NLB/36/702Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society3 December 1907
NLB/41/169Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society27 October 1909
NLB/39/385Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor E [Ernest] H [Howard] Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society13 January 1909
NLB/39/794Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor E [Ernest] H [Howard] Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society16 March 1909
NLB/39/807Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor E [Ernest] H [Howard] Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society, Principal of University College, Cardiff19 March 1909
NLB/39/772Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor E [Ernest] H [Howard] Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society9 March 1909
NLB/41/583Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society17 January 1910
NLB/41/310Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society18 November 1909
NLB/42/366Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor E [Ernest] H [Howard] Griffiths FRS 28 May 1910
NLB/41/826Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Principal Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society3 March 1910
NLB/44/245Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr E [Ernest] H [Howard] Griffiths FRS30 May 1911
NLB/43/498Copy letter from Joseph Larmor, to Professor Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society28 January 1911
NLB/44/800Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr E [Ernest] H [Howard] Griffiths FRS14 November 1911
NLB/45/51Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to [Ernest Howard] Griffiths12 December 1911
NLB/45/16Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Principal E [Ernest] H [Howard] Griffiths FRS6 December 1911
NLB/45/283Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to Professor E [Ernest] H [Howard] Griffiths FRS31 January 1912
NLB/45/244Copy letter from Joseph Larmor to Principal [Ernest Howard] Griffiths25 January 1912
NLB/45/298Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Professor [Ernest Howard] Griffiths FRS7 February 1912
NLB/46/416Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [Aubrey] Strahan, Fellow of the Royal Society, The Tyndall Mining Bequest Committee27 July 1912
NLB/48/188Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society29 May 1913
NLB/51/797Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Prof Ernest Howard Griffiths FRS1 July 1915
NLB/51/825Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Professor Ernest Howard Griffiths FRS7 July 1915
MS/928/6/2/7Letter from Ernest Howard Griffiths, 5 Selwyn Gardens, Cambridge, to Charles Vernon Boys4 January 1920
NLB/53/562Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, FRS31 October 1916
RR/20/56Referee's report by John Allen Harker, on a paper 'The capacity for heat of metals at low temperatures' by Ernest Howard GriffithsApril 1913
NLB/54/730Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, FRS24 August 1917
RR/28/53Referee's report by Ernest Howard Griffiths, on a paper 'The determination of the factor of the kata-thermometer' by T C Angus[August 1923]
NLB/56/92Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Edward Howard] Griffiths, FRS18 November 1918
NLB/55/186Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, FRS08 January 1918
NLB/60/593Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, FRS28 February 1921
RR/10/350Detailed referee's report by Joseph David Everett, on a paper 'On the determination of some boiling and freezing points by means of the platinum thermometer' by Ernest Howard Griffiths[1890]
RR/12/322Referee's report by Arthur Schuster, on a paper 'The latent heat of evaporation of water' by Ernest Howard Griffithsnd [1895]
RR/17/351Referee's report by Ernest Howard Griffiths, on a paper 'The specific heats of air and carbon dioxide at atmospheric pressure by the continuous electric method at 20 degrees celsius and 100 degrees celsius' by W F G Swann 19 October 1908
RR/10/349Referee's report by Joseph David Everett, on a paper 'On the determination of some boiling and freezing points by means of the platinum thermometer' by Ernest Howard Griffiths18 August 1890
NLB/60/554Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, FRS23 February 1921
NLB/60/611Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, FRS3 March 1921
NLB/60/502Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, FRS16 February 1921
RR/10/348Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the determination of some boiling and freezing points by means of the platinum thermometer' by Ernest Howard Griffiths1 August 1890
NLB/60/779Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, FRS5 April 1921
RR/23/58Referee's report by Ernest Howard Griffiths, on a paper 'The use of highly attenuated wires for platinum thermometers' by [John Job] ManleyJanuary 1917
NLB/57/679Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr EH [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, FRS12 January 1920
NLB/61/722Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, FRS17 October 1921
NLB/57/593Copy letter from Sir James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Director [Sir Joseph Ernest Petavel, FRS, KBE], the National Physical Laboratory12 December 1919
NLB/65/59Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Professor [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, FRS20 July 1923
RR/21/83Referee's report by John Allen Harker, on a paper 'The capacity for heat of metals at low temperatures' by Ernest Howard Griffiths and Ezer Griffiths[June 1914]
IM/Maull/001795Griffiths, Ernest Howardnd
NLB/10/981Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Ernest Howard Griffiths18 March 1894
RR/16/188Referee's report by Ernest Howard Griffiths, on a paper 'The high temperature standards of the National Physical Laboratory. An account of a comparison of Platinum Thermometers and Thermo-junctions with the Gas-thermometer' by John Allen HarkerFebruary 1904
NLB/20/334Copy letter from Arthur William Rucker, to Professor George Carey Foster, Fellow of the Royal Society26 March 1900
NLB/36/626Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society21 November 1907
NLB/60/621Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, FRS3 March 1921
RR/10/330Referee's report by Robert Bellamy Clifton, on a paper 'On the determination of the boiling-point of sulphur, and on a method of standardising platinum resistance thermometers by reference to it.—Experiments made at the Cavendish laboratory, Cambridge' by Hugh Longbourne Callendar and Ernest Howard Griffiths20 January 1891
EC/1895/09Griffiths, Ernest Howard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
RR/15/163Referee's report by Ernest Howard Griffiths, on a paper 'Continuous electrical calorimetry' by Hugh Longbourne Callendar4 January 1902
NLB/51/227Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Dr Ernest Howard Griffiths FRS16 January 1915
RR/12/321Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'The latent heat of evaporation of water' by Ernest Howard Griffiths21 February 1895
NLB/60New Letter Book volume 60, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration2 December 1920-26 April 1921
NLB/57New Letter Book volume 57, copy letters sent from Royal Society administration27 June 1919-27 February 1920
RR/14/85Referee's report by Ernest Howard Griffiths, on a paper 'On the heat dissipated by a platinum surface at high temperatures' by Joseph Ernest Petavelnd [June 1898]
RR/14/185Referee's report by Ernest Howard Griffiths, on a paper 'Gold-aluminium alloys' by Charles Thomas Heycock and Francis Henry Nevillend [November 1899]
RR/16/106Referee's report by Ernest Howard Griffiths, on a paper 'The determination of specific heats, especially at low temperatures' by H E Schmitz20 April 1903
RR/13/35Referee's report by Ernest Howard Griffiths, on a paper 'On the determination of freezing points' by John Allen HarkerJuly 1896
RR/13/151Referee's report by Ernest Howard Griffiths, on a paper 'A new method of determining freezing points' by Meyer Wildermann1896
RR/21/84Referee's report by Charles Vernon Boys, on a paper 'The capacity for heat of metals at low temperatures' by Ernest Howard Griffiths and Ezer Griffiths[1914]
RR/11/261Referee's report by William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, on a paper 'The value of the mechanical equivalent of heat, deduced from some experiments performed with the view of establishing the relation between the electrical and mechanical units; together with an investigation into the capacity for heat of water at different temperatures' by Ernest Howard Griffiths 31 January 1893
RR/15/248Referee's report by Ernest Howard Griffiths, on a paper 'A new manometer, and on the law of pressure of gases between 1.5 and 0.01 millimetres of mercury' by John William Strutt, Lord RayleighFebruary 1901
RR/15/396Referee's report by Ernest Howard Griffiths, on a paper 'The density and coefficient of cubical expansion of ice' by J H VincentFebruary 1902
RR/10/329Referee's report by George Carey Foster, on a paper 'On the determination of the boiling-point of sulphur, and on a method of standardising platinum resistance thermometers by reference to it.—Experiments made at the Cavendish laboratory, Cambridge' by Hugh Longbourne Callendar and Ernest Howard Griffiths5 January 1891
RR/14/177Referee's report by Ernest Howard Griffiths, on a paper 'A comparison of platinum and gas thermometers, including a determination of the boiling-point of sulphur on the nitrogen scale. An account of experiments made in the laboratory of the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures Sèvres' by John Allen Harker and Pierre Chappuisnd [July 1899]
RR/15/7Referee's report by Ernest Howard Griffiths, on a paper 'The capacity for heat of water between the freezing & boiling points' by Howard Turner BarnesJuly 1900
RR/26/61Referee's report by Ernest Howard Griffiths, on a paper 'The kata-thermometer as a measure of ventilation' by Leonard Erskine Hill, H M Vernon and D Hargood-Ash[October 1921]
PP/23/2Paper, 'Appendix to a communication entitled "The mechanical equivalent of heat"' by Ernest Howard Griffiths1893
MC/15/130Letter from [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, 12 Parkside, Cambridge, to Lord Rayleigh17 January 1891
MC/15/264Letter from [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, 12 Park Side, Cambridge, to the Treasurer of the Royal Society4 April 1892
MC/15/266Letter from [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, to [Herbert] Rix7 April 1892
MC/15Volume 15 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1889-1892
MC/28/131Letter from [John Allen] Harker, Meteorological Office Observatories, The Observatory, Eskadalemuir, Dumfries-Shire, to Mr [Robert] Harrison24 April 1913
MC/28/118Letter from [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, University College of South Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]14 July 1913
MC/30/79Letter from [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, Principal, University College, Cardiff, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]6 July 1915
MC/30/78Letter from [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, Principal, University College, Cardiff, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, [Royal Society]14 January 1915
MC/22/94Letter from Ernest Howard Griffiths, University College, Cardiff, to [Robert William Frederick] Harrison5 November 1907
NLB/36/512Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor Ernest Howard Griffiths, Fellow of the Royal Society7 November 1907
MC/32/119Letter from [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, Principal, University College, Cardiff, to the Librarian, Royal Society, Burlington House19 December 1917
MC/22Volume 22 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1907
MC/33/77Letter from [Ernest Howard] Griffiths, Univeristy College, Cardiff, to Mr [Robert] Harrison, Burlington House31 December 1918
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