Miriam Violet Griffith (11 October 1911 – 9 May 1989) was an electrical engineer, technical author and an early user of ground source heat pumps.
Miriam Violet Griffith was born on 11 October 1911 in Carlisle, England, eldest daughter of Sarah (née Pearce) and Rev.
[1] By 1921 she lived at The Rectory, Silvington, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire with her parents, two sisters, one brother and a 15-year-old servant.
[2] She attended Casterton School in Carnforth from 1921 - 1927 and then Cheltenham Ladies College for her final years of secondary education.
In 1935 Griffith was working at the British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association Laboratories as a junior technical assistant[4] and a colleague of Winifred Hackett.