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Phillip Griffiths

1938 - Today

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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 is a major developer in particular of the theory of variation of Hodge structure in Hodge theory and moduli theory, which forms part of transcendental algebraic geometry and which also touches upon major and distant areas of differential geometry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phillip Griffiths has received more than 109,822 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Phillip Griffiths is the 856th most popular mathematician (down from 796th in 2019), the 10,919th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,801st in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Mathematician.

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  • 2.90

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Phillip Griffiths ranks 856 out of 823. Before him are Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, Christoph Gudermann, Douglas McIlroy, Christine Darden, Branko Grünbaum, and Neil Sloane. After him are Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Claire Voisin, J. H. C. Whitehead, Timothy Gowers, W. T. Tutte, and James Waddell Alexander II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Phillip Griffiths ranks 492. Before him are Alan Rees, Richard Goldstone, Gerry Byrne, Yevgeni Mayorov, Charles Wuorinen, and Leonard Frey. After him are Ann Jones, Mary Jo Catlett, Herb Elliott, Bertie Auld, Peter Jennings, and Satch Sanders.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Phillip Griffiths ranks 10,919 out of 18,182. Before him are Tim McCoy (1891), Edward Stevens (1932), Henry Heth (1825), John C. Stennis (1901), Brad Anderson (1964), and Tina Brooks (1932). After him are Todd Armstrong (1937), Kevin Michael Richardson (1964), David Paterson (1954), Virginia Weidler (1927), Michael Trevino (1985), and Greg Bell (1930).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Phillip Griffiths ranks 76. Before him are Robert Daniel Carmichael (1879), Martin Davis (1928), Ken Ribet (1948), Michael Aschbacher (1944), Douglas McIlroy (1932), and Christine Darden (1942). After him are James Waddell Alexander II (1888), Bill Gosper (1943), Mary Ellen Rudin (1924), Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924), Adele Goldstine (1920), and Richard Schoen (1950).

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