# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-griffiths
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:22:33.724Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/david-griffiths"
name: "David Griffiths"
slug: "david-griffiths"
description: "David Jeffrey Griffiths is an American physicist and educator. He was on the faculty of Reed College from 1978 through 2009, becoming the Howard Vollum Professor of Science before his retirement. He wrote four highly regarded textbooks for undergraduate physics students."
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category:
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birthDate: "1942-12-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump