| Paul Milford Muller | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1937-09-30)September 30, 1937 Los Angeles, California, US |
| Died | May 28, 2013(2013-05-28) (aged 75) (death announced on this date) Tak Province, Thailand |
| Occupation(s) | Author Businessman Aerospace engineering |
| Known for | Sage Group |
| Awards | Magellanic Premium FRAS |
Paul Milford Muller FRAS (1937–2013) was an American aerospace engineer, fiction author, and the co-founder of Sage Group, the United Kingdom's largest software business.
Early life and education
Muller was born on September 30, 1937, in Los Angeles, California. Muller studied mathematics and history at California State University and later was awarded a PhD in physics: astronomy & planetary science by Newcastle University in 1975. This PhD work was published as a book, An analysis of the ancient astronomical observations with the implications for geophysics and cosmology. In 1963 Muller became a high school teacher of Mathematics in California.
Scientific career
Muller worked for NASA at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory between 1966 and 1977 and was as a senior member of the Apollo navigation team. In 1971 Muller was awarded the Magellanic Premium award along with William L. Sjogren the for their discovery of mass concentrations in the moon's ringed basins. In 1970 Muller was made a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, proposed by Harold Urey.
Later career
In the early 1980s, Muller co-founded the business software company Sage Group along with David Goldman and Graham Wylie in Newcastle upon Tyne, England while he was a computer science lecturer at Newcastle University. Muller left Sage in late 1985 following a dispute with fellow shareholders and took legal action against them and the company in the following years. After leaving Sage Muller returned to the United States.
In later life Muller lived in Mae Sot, Thailand and became an author of fiction novels having three books published by Club Lighthouse in 2012; Suicide Inc., Flight of the Marbles and The Circle of Ouroboros. He also co-founded the Aarau Literary Agency in 2001.
Death
Muller was found dead inside a house in Tak Province, Thailand in late May 2013, aged 75.
References
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae — Paul Milford Muller". Aaraulit Agency. Archived from the original on August 23, 2012.
- ^ "About Me". Paul M Muller, PhD. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012.
- Muller, Paul (1975). An analysis of the ancient astronomical observations with the implications for geophysics and cosmology.
- "My NASA Days". Paul M Muller, PhD. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013.
- "The Magellanic Premium of the American Philosophical Society - Prize Recipients". American Philosophical Society. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- "JPL Engineer Awarded Magellanic Premium Award". NASA/JPL. May 1, 1984. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- "Sage really knows its onions". The Scotsman. October 27, 2000. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- Muller and Another v Linsley and Mortimer, England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division), November 1994
- "Why Sagesoft is short of space". Newcastle upon Tyne: The Journal. 16 April 1986. p. 19.
- "Paul M Muller Author Bio and Books". Club Lighthouse Publishing. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- "Ex-Nasa American found dead in Tak". Bangkok Post. May 28, 2013. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
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