I whanau a Milnor i te Hui-tanguru 20, 1931 i Orange, New Jersey. Ko J. Willard Milnor tona papa, ko Emily Cox Milnor tona whaea. I te wa e ako ana ia i te Whare Wananga o Princeton, i whakaingoatia ia hei Putnam Fellow i te 1949 me te 1950 a i whakamatauhia ano hoki te kaupapa a Fary<unk>Milnor. I haere tonu ia ki te kura paetahi i Princeton i raro i te aratohu a Ralph Fox ka tukuna tana tuhinga, i tapaina ko "Isotopy of Links", e pa ana ki nga roopu hono (he whakahiato o te roopu hononga tawhito) me o raatau hononga hono, i te 1954. I te otinga o tana tohungatanga ka haere ia ki te mahi i Princeton. He kaiwhakaako ia i te Institute for Advanced Study mai i te 1970 ki te 1990. Patai: I whanau a Milnor?
Ko Orange, New Jersey