Ezer Griffiths

Ezer Griffiths OBE, FRS (27 November 1888 – 14 February 1962) was a Welsh physicist most noted for his work on the insulation properties of metals, heat transference, evaporation and refrigiration.^[1]

Griffiths was born in Aberdare in 1888 to a colliery mechanic, and from 1901-1906 he was educated at Aberdare Intermediate School.^[2] He graduated to University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire and studied under Ernest Howard Griffiths. On leaving Cardiff, he gained a post in the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington.

Griffiths spent his entire career studying the physical theory of heat. His initial works focused on the effects of heat on metal at low temperatures, in conjuncture with his tutor, Ernest Griffiths. His later work on refrigiration would enable the transportation of fruit and meats from Australia and New Zealand to Europe.

Written work

Methods of Measuring Temperature (1918)
Pyrometers (1926)

References

^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pg336 ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6
^ Tribute to the Late Willima Jenkyn Thomas Aberdare Intermediate School

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Name	Griffiths, Ezer
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Date of birth	27 November 1888
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Date of death	14 February 1962
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