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  Samuel Griffith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sir Samuel Walker Griffith (June 21, 1845 – August 9, 1920), Australian politician and judge, was the principal author of the Constitution of Australia.
In 1872 Griffith was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
He is commemorated by Griffith University in Brisbane, the suburb of Griffith in Canberra, and the federal electoral division of Griffith.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samuel_Griffith   (809 words)

  
 Griffith University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Griffith University is an Australian public university with five campuses in Brisbane and two at the Gold Coast.
The Griffith University campuses are: Nathan Campus, located in the suburb of Nathan, which was the first Griffith University campus to be established in Queensland.
Griffith Law School is spread across three of the five Griffith University campuses, with undergrad combined degree programs taught from the Nathan and Gold Coast campuses, and post graduate and professional programs taught from the Legal Practice Centre located at the South Bank campus.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Griffith_University   (1471 words)

  
 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Division of Griffith
The division is named after Sir Samuel Griffith, a former Premier of Queensland and Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia.
Griffith was established in 1916 as part of the Australian Federal Government's Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area (MIA) project to supply irrigation from the Murrumbidgee river in western New South Wales to be used for farming.
Griffith is named after Sir Samuel Griffith, who was chosen in 1903 as the first Chief Justice of the High Courth of Australia.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Division-of-Griffith   (192 words)

  
 QUT | Faculty of Law | Sir Samuel Griffith-QUT LJJ V2 No 1 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Sir Samuel Griffith was born in Wales in 1845, the second eldest of nine children in a Congregational Church family, his father a minister in the church.
Griffith's Arts degree consisted of three years study of the classics, mathematics,[6] philosophy and the sciences; and he graduated in 1863 (at the age of 17) with first class honours.
Griffith is also of course justly famous as a major participant in the drafting and political acceptance of the Australian Constitution,[39] and is known as one of the 'fathers of federation'.
www.law.qut.edu.au /about/ljj/editions/v2n1/mackenzie_full.jsp   (3746 words)

  
 Griffith, Andy
Griffith's creative vision took a very different approach to TV comedy, in which place, pace and character were equal and essential contributors to the overall effect.
Griffith left the show in 1968, feeling that he had contributed all he could to the character of Andy Taylor.
Griffith remained as a producer, and the ratings strength continued as several of the supporting characters stayed on.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/G/htmlG/griffithand/griffithand.htm   (825 words)

  
 The Griffith family of Berks and Lancaster Cos.
Samuel Griffith, son of Isaac and grandson of Evan, was born Nov. 5, 1834, in Brecknock township.
Griffith married Mary Ann Strunk, daughter of Martin and Kate (Stoner) Strunk, and their children are: Walter, unmarried; Goldie, married to Charles B. High, a school teacher of Shillington, by whom she has a son, Jean; Miss Nora, at home; Stella, married to Harvey Boone; and Tamie, at home.
Griffith was united in marriage to Mary Mosser, the estimable daughter of Nicholas and Sallie (Grill) Mosser, and to this union were born two children, both daughters, Gertrude (who died in infancy) and Marjorie E. Mr.
www.horseshoe.cc /pennadutch/families/griffith/griffith.htm   (2909 words)

  
 Samuel Griffith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Sir Samuel Walker Griffith (June 21 1845 - August 9 1920) Australian politician and judge was the principal of the Constitution of Australia.
The Samuel Griffith Society a conservative organisation dedicated to defending what it as the principles of the Constitution.
Translated in 1940 and reprinted in 1961, Stanley B. Griffiths work is timeless, relevant, and is a must read for those seriously exploring the Western use of joint, interagency, and multinational force to counter guerrilla activities in Afghanistan, Iraq...
www.freeglossary.com /Samuel_Griffith   (804 words)

  
 BookRags: Samuel Walker Griffith, Sir Biography
Sir Samuel Walker Griffith (1845-1920), premier of Queensland and chief justice of Australia, was one of the ablest advocates of the federation of the Australian colonies and one of the greatest jurists produced by Australia in the 19th century.
Samuel Griffith was born at Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, on June 21, 1845, the son of Edward Griffith and his wife, Mary Walker Griffith.
Samuel Griffith was educated at the University of Sydney, where he received a baccalaureate in 1863 with first-class honors in classics, mathematics, and natural science.
www.bookrags.com /biography/samuel-walker-griffith-sir   (499 words)

  
 Andy Griffith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Andy Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an American actor, writer and producer from Mount Airy, North Carolina.
Griffith is best known as "Sheriff Andy Taylor" in the popular 1960s television series The Andy Griffith Show and in the title role in the 1980s television series Matlock.
In 1981 Griffith won an Emmy nomination for his role in the TV film Murder In Texas and in 1983 won further acclaim for his role as a homicidal villain in the TV film Murder In Coweta County.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Andy_Griffith.html   (1464 words)

  
 About Griffith & Brisbane's Southside   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Griffith electorate covers an area of approximately 59 sq km on the Southside of Brisbane, mainly consisting of the inner city suburbs south of the Brisbane River.
Griffith is named after Sir Samuel Griffith (1845 to 1920) who served as Premier of Queensland (1883 to 1888 and 1890 to 1893).
Sir Samuel Griffith was actively involved in Australian Federation and served as the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia (1903 to 1919).
www.kevinrudd.com /01_cms/index.asp?view_mode=section&s_id=11   (281 words)

  
 Griffith : ABC Brisbane
Griffith was created in 1934 and was named after Sir Samuel Griffith (1845-1920), Premier of Queensland (1883-88 and 1890-93) and Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, from 1903-1919.
Griffith has been traditionally a stable, but marginal, inner city seat, which tends to be held by the major parties for only two or three terms.
Griffith is an older, inner city seat, undergoing tremendous social changes, as the price of inner city land, especially close to the Brisbane River, skyrockets relative to rest of Brisbane.
www.abc.net.au /brisbane/stories/s1173484.htm   (1012 words)

  
 Samuel B. Griffith II / The War for American Independence
Samuel B. Griffith II "A book on the American Revolution so fresh and continually surprising is a miracle at this time.
With wit, clarity, and dramatic effect, Samuel B. Griffith II vivifies the characters and incidents of the period on both sides of the Atlantic, drawing from personal diaries and letters, newspaper accounts, and detailed battle maps to create a unique alternative to standard histories of the period.
Brigadier General Samuel B. Griffith II, U.S.M.C. (ret.), was wounded at Guadalcanal and was awarded the Navy Cross in 1942 and the Army Distinguished Service Cross in 1943.
www.press.uillinois.edu /s02/griffith.html   (333 words)

  
 Griffith University Brisbane   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Griffith University is in Queensland, Australia, the "Sunshine State." Queensland is the most northern state on Australia's east coast with a landscape ranging from outback deserts to lush topical rainforests and coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef.
Griffith University was founded in 1975 and took the name of a visionary Queenslander: Sir Samuel Griffith.
Griffith University is one of the most progressive and distinctive in the Southern Hemisphere.
www.gmu.edu /departments/cge/semesteryear/GriffithUniversity.htm   (791 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Thomas Samuel Kuhn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Thomas Samuel Kuhn (July 18, 1922 – June 17, 1996) was an American intellectual who wrote extensively on the history of science and developed several important notions in the philosophy of science.
Descendant of a Jewish family, Kuhn was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Samuel L. Kuhn, an industrial engineer, and Minette Stroock Kuhn.
He obtained his bachelor's degree in physics from Harvard University in 1943, his master's in 1946 and Ph.D. in 1949, and taught a course in the history of science there from 1948 until 1956 at the suggestion of Harvard president James Conant.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Thomas_Samuel_Kuhn   (335 words)

  
 Gale Schools - Women's History Month - Trials - Griffith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Decision: The court of appeals awarded Martha Griffith one-third of her husband's personal property clear of debts — her dower rights to his real property (land, buildings) were not in question.
Martha Griffith went to court because her husband, Samuel, left a will that pointedly excluded her from inheriting his personal property.
Samuel's executors, represented by lawyer Martin, claimed that the acts of the assembly did not apply to such cases.
www.galeschools.com /womens_history/trials/griffith.htm   (781 words)

  
 Samuel Griffith Diary, 1888-1891 (Collection 2154)
The Alpha Social Club Minutes and the Samuel Griffith (ca.1819-1891) Diary are the records of the establishment of an early Bozeman social club and the diary of a man who had moved to Illinois in the 1830s and then to Montana in the 1880s, respectively.
Eleanor Griffith, one of Samuel's several daughters, moved to Bozeman prior to June 1872.
Presumably, Griffith's residence in Bozeman was the home of his daughter and son-in-law and this ledger was stored in that residence.
www.lib.montana.edu /collect/spcoll/findaid/2154.html   (450 words)

  
 GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY - 20 APRIL 2001, OCCASIONAL ADDRESS
It is named after my great predecessor, Sir Samuel Griffith, the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia.
But it is worth remembering that many great judges of the past, including Sir Samuel Griffith, learnt their law in a different way.
The founders and the people committed the task of interpreting the Constitution to a body of unelected lawyers on the understanding that they would approach that task in the manner of lawyers, bringing to it their legal skills, not their political or social enthusiasms.
www.hcourt.gov.au /speeches/cj/cj_griffith.htm   (2104 words)

  
 Queensland Courts - Sir Samuel Griffith and the Federation of Australia
The exhibition was curated in commemoration of Griffith's impact upon the Australian Constitution and the High Court of Australia and aims to impress upon Queenslanders and Australians the valuable contribution that Sir Samuel Walker Griffith made to this nation.
The official opening of the Sir Samuel Walker Griffith exhibition, in conjunction with the opening of the Reconstruction of the QGSY Lucinda Smoking Room on the 30th March was attended by 314 guests.
The display was illustrated by many personal items and photographs of Griffith's on loan from the Royal Historical Society of Queensland, John Oxley Library, Fryer Library and the Supreme Court Library of Qld.
www.courts.qld.gov.au /library/exhibition/griffith/default.htm   (331 words)

  
 Andy Griffith
With his comfortable southern drawl, Griffith was a natural to play PFC Stockdale, the hillbilly hick gone military in Ira Levin's play No Time for Sergeants.
Griffith played the part in regional theater, in a live broadcast on ABC's The U.S. Steel Hour, on Broadway, and eventually in a well-received film adaptation (with Don Knotts in a supporting role).
Griffith's first film was a dramatic turn that is still impressive: A Face in the Crowd, with Patricia Neal and Walter Matthau.
www.nndb.com /people/569/000022503   (415 words)

  
 Griffith / The Battle for Guadalcanal
Samuel B. Griffith II Masterful pacing, vivid character sketches, and gripping action blend with rigorous historical detail in Samuel B. Griffith's The Battle for Guadalcanal.
Griffith, who fought with Edson's Raiders on Guadalcanal, describes in gritty detail the vicious close-range fighting, the valiant defense of the Henderson Field airstrip, and the dramatic naval engagements that led, in February 1943, to an American victory.
Drawing on American and Japanese sources, Griffith delineates the strategic decisions that shaped the conflict as well as the determination and endurance of combatants on both sides.
www.press.uillinois.edu /f00/griffith.html   (276 words)

  
 Sam A. Griffith
Samuel Austin Griffith was born in Vilonia, Arkansas, April 27, 1936, to Austin and Ardena McHenry Griffith.
His uncle, Emmitt Griffith, who was a gospel preacher, took him to services with him often, where he learned about the gospel.
In the course of discussion she explained that her father, Brother Sam Griffith, had recently passed away.
www.therestorationmovement.com /griffith.htm   (1560 words)

  
 My Family
Effie GRIFFITH was born on 19 Jun 1891.
Iva GRIFFITH was born on 8 Dec 1907.
Samuel Jackson GRIFFITH was born on 28 Aug 1862 in Santa Rosa Co., FL.
www.fortunecity.com /millennium/hindmarsh/384/d415.htm   (559 words)

  
 Andy Samuel Griffith   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
He went to college with the intent of studying to be a Moravian preacher but changed his major to music and drama.
His long-running TV comedy series as a southern sheriff in "The Andy Griffith Show" established him as a television icon.
One gave a humorous look at small-town life with the familiarity among the town folk it breeds and the independence Southerners enjoyed in the rural lifestyle.
www.knowsouthernhistory.net /Biographies/Andy_Griffith   (236 words)

  
 Griffith gifts press release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Samuel (Lynda) Oschin has made a generous contribution to Griffith Observatory’s renovation and expansion project in honor of her husband, Samuel Oschin, through the Mr.
Samuel Oschin Family Foundation grant is one among a longstanding pattern of generosity and giving to Los Angeles.
Samuel Oschin, who passed away last year, was a businessman and real estate developer, combining entrepreneurial skill and public interest in a variety of successful ventures.
www.griffithobs.org /gifts_press_release.html   (1030 words)

  
 Kaufman County and the Civil War: Biography of John Summerfield Griffith
John Summerfield Griffith was born 17 Jun 1829 in Montgomery Co MD, the son of Michael Berry Griffith and Lydia Ridgley Crabb.
He descends from Samuel Griffith, a Captain in the Revolutionary Army who was the son of Henry Griffith, a member of the Colonial Assembly 1773-1775.
Griffith's largest military accomplishment, however, was not a battle - it was leading the raid on Holly Springs Mississippi on December 20, 1862, with a relatively small force of Southern cavalry troops.
www.rootsweb.com /~txkaufma/civilwar/biogriff.htm   (1575 words)

  
 Samuel "Moss" Griffith
Family history states that Moss Griffith’s badly infected shoulder was treated by his sister Mary Harlow Griffith back at the family plantation near the present-day town of Excelsior in Sebastian County, Arkansas.
Corporal Samuel Arthur “Moss” Griffith then made the fateful decision to return to the 17th Arkansas Infantry before he was fully recovered from his infected wound.
Corporal Samuel Griffith's son, Samuel Arthur "Bud" Griffith, moved to Taylor County, Texas with his three uncles in 1877, while his daughter, Barbara Ella Griffith, married a Confederate comrade of her uncles, Matthew McCrary, and stayed in Comanche County, Texas.
www.geocities.com /Pentagon/1117/s_grfth.html   (626 words)

  
 Andy Griffith Photos - Andy Griffith News - Andy Griffith Information
Andrew is the son of Carl and Geneva Griffith.
The main character, Andy (Andy Griffith), was a widowed father of the polite little boy named...
After working for several years in the state capital for the government, Andy Sawyer (Andy Griffith) learns that the mayor of his hometown is retiring from the position and is looking for an...
www.tv.com /andy-griffith/person/7761/summary.html   (436 words)

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