Editing Richard Garfield (section)

==Early life, family and education==
Garfield was born in [[Philadelphia]] and spent his childhood in many locations throughout the world as a result of his father's work in architecture. His family eventually settled in [[Oregon]] when he was twelve. Garfield is the great-great-grandson of [[U.S. President]] [[James A. Garfield]] and his grand-uncle Samuel Fay invented the [[paper clip]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Varney|first1=Allen|title=Dragon Magazine #242|date=December 1997|page=120|url=http://annarchive.com/files/Drmg242.pdf}}</ref> He is also the nephew of [[Fay Jones (Seattle artist)|Fay Jones]], who, already an established artist, illustrated one ''Magic'' card for him.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rosewater|first1=Mark|title=Blogatog: Stasis|url=http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/18001767848/stasis-has-always-been-one-of-my-favorite-cards-and-i}}</ref>

While Garfield always had an interest in puzzles and games, his passion was kick-started when he was introduced to ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''.<ref name="vasel 05">{{cite web | url = http://www.thedicetower.com/interviews/int049.htm | title = Interviews by an Optimist # 49 - Richard Garfield | author = Vasel, Tom | date = 2005-06-19 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070814065856/http://www.thedicetower.com/interviews/int049.htm | archive-date = 2007-08-14 }}</ref> Garfield designed his first game when he was 13.<ref name="polkonline">{{cite web | url = http://www.newschief.com/article/19981227/ARTICLES/311309066 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090715205631/http://www.newschief.com/article/19981227/ARTICLES/311309066 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2009-07-15 | title = Just like magic | work = PolkOnline | author = Zurcher, Christopher | date = 1998-12-27 }}</ref>

In 1985,<ref>26.5248</ref> Garfield received a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[computational mathematics]]. After college, he joined [[Bell Laboratories]], but soon after decided to continue his education and attended the [[University of Pennsylvania]], studying [[combinatorial mathematics]] for his PhD.<ref name="vasel 05" /> Garfield studied under [[Herbert Wilf]] and earned a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in combinatorial mathematics from Penn in 1993. His thesis was ''On the Residue Classes of Combinatorial Families of Numbers''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=23159|title=Richard Garfield - the Mathematics Genealogy Project}}</ref> Shortly thereafter, he became a [[Professors in the United States|Visiting Professor]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whitmanwire.com/arts/2012/11/26/magic-the-gathering-a-games-origins-and-influence-at-whitman-college/|title = Magic: The Gathering––A Game's Origins and Influence at Whitman College}}</ref> of mathematics at [[Whitman College]] in [[Walla Walla, Washington]].<ref name="HG">{{Cite book | contribution=[[Dungeons & Dragons]] | title=[[Hobby Games: The 100 Best]] | last=Garfield | first=Richard | editor-last=Lowder | editor-first=James | editor-link=James Lowder | publisher=[[Green Ronin Publishing]] | year=2007 | pages=86–89 | isbn=978-1-932442-96-0}}</ref>