Margaret Millington

British mathematician (1944–1973)

Margaret Millington

Born| 22 March 1944

Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Died| 5 March 1973(1973-03-05) (aged 28)

Hanover, Germany

Occupation| Mathematician

Margaret Hilary Millington (22 March 1944 - 5 March 1973) was an English-born mathematician.[1]

She was born Margaret Hilary Ashworth in Halifax, Yorkshire, the daughter of the local assistant head postmaster, and was educated there. She continued her studies at St Mary's College, Durham[2] and went on to Oxford University, where she earned a PhD in 1968 with A. O. L. Atkin as her advisor.[3] Also, in 1968, she married Lieutenant A.H. Millington,[2] who was part of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.[1] She was awarded a two-year Science Research Council Fellowship which allowed her to pursue research at any university. During her husband's two-year posting in Germany, she taught mathematics at an Army Education Centre there.[1]

She died in Germany due to a brain tumour at the age of 28.[2]

Although her career was cut short, in 1983, the London Mathematical Society organized a symposium on modular forms. During the symposium, the importance of her doctoral thesis and post-doctoral research became clear. The work that she had started during her fellowship was picked up and pursued by other mathematicians, leading to a resurgence in the field.[1] Her research had dealt with modular forms, as well as subgroups of the modular group.[1]

In a tribute to Millington, Atkin said "I have no doubt that, had she lived, she would have made exciting original contributions to a field which has at last come into its own again, after nearly a quarter century in the doldrums, and where there are now at least twenty first rate people of her generation working actively."[1]

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1. ^ a b c d e f O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F. (February 2010). "Margaret Hilary Ashworth Millington". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland.
2. ^ a b c Atkin, A. O. L. (September 1985). "Obituary: Margaret Hilary Millington (née Ashworth)". Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. 17 (5). London Mathematical Society: 484–486\. doi:10.1112/blms/17.5.484.484-486&rft.date=1985-09&rft_id=info:doi/10.1112/blms/17.5.484&rft.aulast=Atkin&rft.aufirst=A.+O.+L.&rft_id=https://academic.oup.com/blms/article-abstract/17/5/484/588546&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Margaret+Millington" class="Z3988">
3. ^ Margaret Millington at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

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