Miggy Biller

Margherita Joan Biller
MBE
NationalityBritish
OccupationMathematics educator
SpousePeter Biller
Academic work
DisciplineMathematics
InstitutionsYork College
St Peter's School, York
Notable studentsDaniel 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 modelled.[3] Her husband, Peter Biller, is a historian at the University of York.[4]

  1. ^ "New Year Honours: Full list of Yorkshire's recipients", Yorkshire Post, 31 December 2015.
  2. ^ The Peterite (PDF), vol. 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, archived from the original on 4 March 2016, retrieved 31 December 2015.