Griffith J. Griffith

Griffith J. Griffith
Born	Griffith Jenkins Griffith (1850-01-04)January 4, 1850 Bettws, Glamorganshire, Wales
Died	July 6, 1919(1919-07-06) (aged 69) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Memorial Cemetery Los Angeles
Other names	Colonel Griffith J. Griffith
Occupation(s)	Journalist Mining and real estate magnate
Known for	Philanthropy, assault with a deadly weapon
Spouse	Mary Agnes Christina Mesmer (1887–1904; divorced)
Children	Vandell M. Griffith (1888–1974)

Griffith Jenkins Griffith (January 4, 1850 – July 6, 1919) was a Welsh-born American industrialist and philanthropist. After amassing a significant fortune from a mining syndicate in the 1880s, Griffith donated 3,015 acres (1,220 ha) to the City of Los Angeles that became Griffith Park, and he bequeathed the money to build the park's Greek Theatre and Griffith Observatory. Griffith's legacy was marred by his notorious shooting of his wife in 1903, a crime for which he served a year and nine months in prison.^[1]