What is Magnus Wenninger?
[[File:Magnus Wenninger.jpg|thumb|Wenninger in his office, 2009]] '''Magnus J. Wenninger''' {{Small|[[Order of Saint Benedict|OSB]]}} (October 31, 1919 &ndash; February 17, 2017) was an [[Americans|American]] [[mathematician]]. He worked on constructing [[polyhedron model]]s. He also wrote the first book on their construction. He was also a [[Benedictine]] [[monk]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lab-zine.com/media/pdf/articles/father_magnus.pdf|first=Thomas|last=Banchoff|title=Father Magnus and his polyhedrons|date=June 2008|access-date=February 20, 2017|work=LAB}}</ref> He was born in [[Park Falls, Wisconsin|Park Falls]], [[Wisconsin]]. His parents were [[Germans|German]]. Wenninger died on February 17, 2017 at [[Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville|Saint John's Abbey]] in [[Collegeville Township, Stearns County, Minnesota|Collegeville]], [[Minnesota]]. He was 97.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apps.csbsju.edu/bulletinboard/ViewItem.aspx?id=60673|title=Funeral of Fr. Magnus Wenninger, OSB|work=College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University|date=February 18, 2017|access-date=February 20, 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wenninger, Magnus}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:American mathematicians]] [[Category:Benedictines]] [[Category:People from Wisconsin]] {{US-bio-stub}}