Miggy Biller
Margherita Joan Biller | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Mathematics educator |
| Spouse | Peter Biller |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Mathematics |
| Institutions | York College St Peter's School, York |
| Notable students | Daniel Lightwing |
Margherita Joan (Miggy) Biller MBE is a British mathematics teacher, the head of mathematics at York College. She was named an MBE in the 2016 New Year Honours "for services to mathematics in further education".[1]
Biller taught mathematics at St Peter's School, York before moving to York College in 1988.[2] At York College, she taught mathematics prodigy Daniel Lightwing, after whom the main character of the film X+Y was modeled.[3] Her husband, Peter Biller, is a historian at the University of York.[4]
References
- ^ "New Year Honours: Full list of Yorkshire's recipients", Yorkshire Post, 31 December 2015.
- ^ The Peterite (PDF), vol. 405, 1987–1988, p. 5.
- ^ Barge, Danielle (17 March 2015), "X+Y: An emotional tale about a maths genius", Arts York.
- ^ Biller, Miggy, Ian Heavens memorial, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 31 December 2015.
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