The house is notable for its associations with former resident Dr. George David Birkhoff, an eminent mathematician and Harvard University professor.
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In 1930 he received a fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation to study classical mechanics with George Birkhoff at Harvard, but his appointment was at the Harvard College Observatory.