Editing Frederick Griffith (section)

==Early life==
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Frederick Griffith was born in [[Prescot]], [[Merseyside]] (formerly in [[Lancashire]]) England, in late 1877<ref name="lancashirebmd">{{Cite web|url=http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/pba.php?date=1877&county=lancashire&reference=PT:PRE/40/54&file=G&pos=198537&area=PT&surname_1=GRIFFITH&forename_1=Frederick&year=1877&mmn=|title=Birth certificate Prescot PRE/40/54 for Frederick Griffith on the Lancashire BMD (Births, Marriages and Deaths on the Internet)|website=lancashirebmd.org.uk|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref> (Registered December quarter in Prescot, Lancashire registration district, vol 8b, page 670), and attended [[Liverpool University]]. Thereafter, he worked at the [[Liverpool Royal Infirmary]], the Joseph Tie Laboratory, and the Royal Commission on [[Tuberculosis]].  In 1910 Fred Griffith was hired by the local government board.