Mansergh Frederick Haines Griffith 
Biography of Mansergh Frederick Haines Griffith
M F H Griffith, matriculation slip 1935-36
Mansergh Frederick Haines Griffith studied Medicine at the University from 1935-37. He was born at Plymouth, Monserrat, British West Indies, on 13 August 1904, son of Robert William Griffith.
After having attended Howard University, Washington, and City College in New York, Griffth enrolled at the University of Glasgow in 1935 as part of an LCRP qualification. He studied Pathology and Radiology over the course of two years, and graduated in Medicine from Edinburgh in 1939.
He joined the Colonial Medical Service, and returned to the West Indies as a medical officer at the San Fernando Hospital, Trinidad. He went on to postings in the British Virgin Islands, and St Kitts and Nevis. Returning to Trinidad, Griffith was transferred to Tunapuna, where he settled after retirement from government service.
Griffth died in Trinidad on 14 October 1974, aged 70, after a motoring accident.
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- R8/5/56/8 Matriculation Slip 1935-36 Men M
Summary
Mansergh Frederick Haines Griffith
Born 13 August 1904.
Died 14 October 1974.
GU Degree: Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, 1935-1937;
University Link: Student
Occupation categories: physicians
English snippet: Medical student at the University of Glasgow 1935-37; member of the Colonial Medical ServiceRecord last updated: 25th Mar 2014
Country Associations
Montserrat, Plymouth
Place of Birth
Trinidad and Tobago, Tunapuna
Place of Death
Saint Kitts and Nevis, No Region
Virgin Islands, British, No Region
University Connections
University Roles
- Student
