Miggy Biller

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

  1. ↑ "New Year Honours: Full list of Yorkshire’s recipients", Yorkshire Post, 31 December 2015.
  2. ↑ The Peterite (PDF) 405, 1987–1988, p. 5.
  3. ↑ Barge, Danielle (17 March 2015), "X+Y: An emotional tale about a maths genius", Arts York.
  4. ↑ Biller, Miggy, Ian Heavens memorial, retrieved 2015-12-31.
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