A mụrụ Milnor na February 20, 1931 na Orange, New Jersey. Nna ya bụ J. Willard Milnor na nne ya bụ Emily Cox Milnor. Dị ka onye gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Princeton, a kpọrọ ya Putnam Fellow na 1949 na 1950 ma gosipụta Fary <unk> Milnor theorem. Ọ gara n'ihu na ụlọ akwụkwọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Princeton n'okpuru nduzi nke Ralph Fox ma nyefee akwụkwọ ya, nke akpọrọ "Isotopy of Links", nke metụtara njikọ njikọ (nchịkọta nke ìgwè njikọ nke oge ochie) na njikọ njikọ ha, na 1954. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ doctorate ya, ọ gara ọrụ na Princeton. Ọ bụ prọfesọ na Institute for Advanced Study site na 1970 ruo 1990. Ajụjụ: Ebee ka a mụrụ Milnor?
Orange, New Jersey