Milnor akaberekwa musi waFebruary 20, 1931 muOrange, New Jersey. Baba vake vaive J. Willard Milnor uye amai vake vaive Emily Cox Milnor. Semudzidzi wepamberi paPrinceton University akatumidzwa zita rekuti Putnam Fellow muna 1949 na1950 uye akaratidzawo Fary<unk>Milnor theorem. Akaenderera mberi nekupedza chikoro kuPrinceton achitungamirirwa naRalph Fox uye akaendesa rondedzero yake, yakanzi "Isotopy of Links", iyo yaibata mapoka ekubatanidza (kubatanidza kweboka rekare reboka) uye chimiro chavo chekubatanidza, muna 1954. Paakapedza dhigirii rake rechiremba akaenderera mberi achishanda kuPrinceton. Aive purofesa paInstitute for Advanced Study kubva muna 1970 kusvika muna 1990. Mubvunzo: Milnor akaberekerwa kupi?
Orange, New Jersey