Phillip Griffiths
| Phillip Griffiths | |
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Phillip Griffiths in 2008
(photo from MFO) |
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| Born |
October 18, 1938 Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions |
University of California, Berkeley Princeton University Harvard University Duke University Institute for Advanced Study |
| Alma mater |
Wake Forest College (B.S.) (1959) Princeton University (Ph.D) (1962) |
| Doctoral advisor | Donald C. Spencer |
| Doctoral students |
Herbert Clemens Howard Garland Joe Harris Wilfried Schmid |
| Notable awards |
Chern Medal (2014) Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2014) Wolf Prize (2008) Brouwer Medal (2008) Leroy P. Steele Prize (1971) |
Phillip Augustus Griffiths IV (born October 18, 1938) is an American mathematician, known for his work in the field of geometry, and in particular for the complex manifold approach to algebraic geometry. He was a major developer in particular of the theory of variation of Hodge structure in Hodge theory and moduli theory.
He received his B.S. from Wake Forest College in 1959 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1962 working under Donald Spencer. Since then, he has held positions at Berkeley (1962–1967), Princeton (1967–1972), Harvard University (1972–1983), and Duke University (1983–1991). From 1991 to 2003 he was the Director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, New Jersey. He has published on algebraic geometry, differential geometry, geometric function theory, and the geometry of partial differential equations.
Griffiths serves as the Chair of the Science Initiative Group. He is co-author, with Joe Harris, of Principles of Algebraic Geometry, a well-regarded textbook on complex algebraic geometry.
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