Paul Milford Muller | |
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| Born | (1937-09-30)September 30, 1937[1] |
| Died | May 28, 2013(2013-05-28) (aged 75) (death announced on this date) Tak Province, Thailand |
| Occupation(s) | Author Businessman Aerospace engineering |
| Known for | Sage Group |
| Awards | Magellanic Premium FRAS |
Paul Milford MullerFRAS (1937–2013) was an Americanaerospace engineer, fiction author, and the co-founder ofSage Group, the United Kingdom's largest software business.
Muller was born on September 30, 1937, inLos Angeles, California.[2] Muller studied mathematics and history atCalifornia State University and later was awarded a PhD in physics: astronomy & planetary science byNewcastle University in 1975.[2] This PhD work was published as a book,An analysis of the ancient astronomical observations with the implications for geophysics and cosmology.[3] In 1963 Muller became a high school teacher of Mathematics in California.[1]
Muller worked forNASA at theJet Propulsion Laboratory between 1966 and 1977 and was as a senior member of theApollo navigation team.[4] In 1971 Muller was awarded theMagellanic Premium award along withWilliam L. Sjogren the for their discovery ofmass concentrations in the moon's ringed basins.[5][6] In 1970 Muller was made aFellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, proposed byHarold Urey.[1]
In the early 1980s, Muller co-founded the business software companySage Group along withDavid Goldman andGraham Wylie inNewcastle upon Tyne, England while he was a computer science lecturer at Newcastle University.[7] Muller left Sage in late 1985 following a dispute with fellow shareholders and took legal action against them and the company in the following years.[8] After leaving Sage Muller returned to the United States.[9]
In later life Muller lived inMae Sot, Thailand and became an author of fiction novels having three books published by Club Lighthouse in 2012;Suicide Inc.,Flight of the Marbles andThe Circle of Ouroboros.[10] He also co-founded the Aarau Literary Agency in 2001.[1]
Muller was found dead inside a house inTak Province, Thailand in late May 2013, aged 75.[11]
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