Margherita Joan Biller | |
Nationality: | British |
Occupation: | Mathematics educator |
Spouse: | Peter Biller |
Discipline: | Mathematics |
Workplaces: | York College St Peter's School, York |
Notable Students: | Daniel Lightwing |
Margherita Joan (Miggy) Biller 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]