Phillip Griffiths, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Phillip Griffiths

American mathematician

Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1938

Place of Birth: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Profession: mathematician, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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 also worked on partial differential equations, coauthored with Chern, Robert Bryant and Robert Gardner on Exterior Differential Systems.