Allen Phillips Griffiths


Allen Phillips Griffiths was a Welsh philosopher and snuff enthusiast.

Life

A. Phillips Griffiths or "Griff" was born in Llandaff, in Cardiff, Wales on 11 June 1927. He was the son of John Phillips Griffiths and Elsie Maud née Jones.
After schooling at Whitchurch Cardiff Grammar, in 1943 he began undergraduate studies of History at University College, Cardiff. His studies were interrupted by national service begun at the end of the war for which he served in the Intelligence Corps and was deployed to the Middle East.
After his military service, he returned to study at Cardiff, graduating with first class honours in 1951. In 1953, under the supervision of Professor H.H. Price, he received a B.Phil. at Oxford. He first taught at University College of [Wales, Aberystwyth], before moving to Birkbeck College.
In 1964, Griffiths became founding Professor of Philosophy of the new University of Warwick. At the time, he was the youngest professor of philosophy in the UK. He served as Pro-Vice-Chancellor there from 1970 to 1977, retiring in 1992 as professor emeritus. He served as the Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy from 1979 to 1994.
He died on 1 December 2014.
He had been a noted enthusiast of snuff.

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