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2 unusual facts about Elizabeth R. Griffin Research Foundation


Elizabeth R. Griffin Research Foundation

Beth Griffin died from exposure to the Herpes B virus after an eye splash from an infected primate on December, 10 1997.

Herpes B virus

The last identified case of human B virus infection occurred in 2008, with the last known fatality occurring in 1997 when researcher Elizabeth Griffin was splashed in the eye at Yerkes National Primate Research Center.


Daphne Slater

After leaving RADA with a Gold Medal, she was snapped up by the film director Herbert Wilcox, who gave her a seven-year contract and a leading role in The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947) and she played major screen parts in dozens of television dramas and novel adaptations, including the role of Queen Mary I in the 1971 BBC TV serial Elizabeth R opposite Glenda Jackson.

Elizabeth R. Hooker House

The Elizabeth R. Hooker House, at 123 Edgehill Rd., New Haven, Connecticut, is an English-style Arts and Crafts suburban villa designed by Delano and Aldrich and built in 1914 for Elizabeth R. Hooker.

John Ronane

He appeared in the television mini-series The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth R as Thomas Seymour.


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