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Biffen

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Biffen is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Charles Edward Biffen, fictional character in the short story The Rummy Affair of Old Biffy by P. G. Wodehouse
  • John Biffen, PC, DL (1930–2007), Conservative member of the UK House of Lords, after 36 years in the House of Commons
  • Rowland Biffen (1874–1949), British botanist, geneticist, mycologist, professor of agricultural botany at the University of Cambridge
  • Sarah Biffen (1784–1850), Victorian English painter born with no arms

See also

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  • Biffen och Bananen (the Beef and the Banana), a comic strip by Rit-Ola, originally published in Folket i Bild, 1936–1978
  • Biffen Lecture, lectureship organised by the John Innes Centre, named after Rowland Biffen