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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".

Biller taught mathematics at St Peter's School, York before moving to York College in 1988. At York College, she taught mathematics prodigy Daniel Lightwing, after whom the main character of the film X+Y was modelled. Her husband, Peter Biller, is a historian at the University of York.

References

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.

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