Editing Garrett Birkhoff (section)

{{Short description|American mathematician (1911–1996)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Garrett Birkhoff
| image             = Birkhoff Garrett 3.jpeg
| caption           = 
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1911|1|19}}
| birth_place       = [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]], [[New Jersey]], US
| death_date        = {{death date and age|1996|11|22|1911|1|19}}
| death_place       = [[Water Mill, New York|Water Mill]], [[New York (state)|New York]], US
| fields            = [[Mathematics]]
| workplaces        = [[Harvard University]]
| alma_mater        = [[Cambridge University]]<br>[[Harvard University]]
| academic_advisors = {{plainlist|1=
* [[Ralph H. Fowler]]
* [[Philip Hall]]
}}
| doctoral_students = {{plainlist|1=
* [[Richard Friedrich Arens|Richard Arens]]
* [[Jerry L. Bona]]
* [[Thomas Caywood]]
* [[Chandler Davis]]
* [[George Fix]]
* [[Emmett Keeler]]
* [[Uta Merzbach]]
* [[George Mostow]]
* [[Peter J. Olver]]
* [[R. Tyrrell Rockafellar]]
* [[Henry C. Wente]]
* [[Philip M. Whitman]]
* [[David M. Young, Jr.]]
* [[Vern Poythress]]
}}
| notable_students  = [[Richard S. Varga]]
| known_for         = {{plainlist|1=
* [[Lattice theory]]
* [[Quantum logic]]
}}
| author_abbrev_bot = 
| author_abbrev_zoo = 
| awards            = {{plainlist|1=
* [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]]
* [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]
* [[George David Birkhoff Prize]] <small>(1978)</small>
}}
| signature         = <!--(filename only)-->
}}

'''Garrett Birkhoff''' (January 19, 1911 – November 22, 1996) was an American [[mathematician]]. He is best known for his work in [[lattice theory]].

The mathematician [[George Birkhoff]] (1884&ndash;1944) was his father.