Amelia Griffiths (1768–1858), often referred to in contemporary works as Mrs Griffiths of Torquay, was a beachcomber and amateur phycologist who made many important collections of marine algae specimens.
[1] Amelia Warren Rogers was born 14 January 1768 in Pilton, Devon, UK.
William Griffiths, the vicar of St Issey, Cornwall, in 1794, but after his death, she moved her family of five children to Torquay.
She corresponded with the botanist William Henry Harvey for many years, becoming a close friend.
Harvey dedicated his 1849 Manual of British Algae to her, and once wrote "If I lean to glorify any one, it is Mrs Griffiths, to whom I owe much of the little acquaintance I have with the variations to which these plants are subject, and who is always ready to supply me with fruits of plants which every one else finds barren.