John Montroll is an American

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artist, author, teacher, and mathematician. He has written many books on origami. Montroll taught mathematics at St. Anselm's Abbey School in

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from 1990 to 2021.

Biography

John Montroll was born in

The Origamian, Vol.9, Issue 3, 1970, Published by the Origami Center He is the son of Elliott Waters Montroll, an American scientist and mathematician. He has a

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degree in Mathematics from the

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, a

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in Electrical Engineering from the

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, and a Master of Arts in

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from the

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. Montroll mastered his first origami book, Isao Honda's ''How to make Origami'', at the age of six, the same age he began creating his own origami animals.The Paper, Issue 55, Summer 1996, The Magazine of

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He became a member of the Origami Center of America at age twelve. He attended his first origami convention at age 14. Montroll recently retired from his job teaching at St. Anselm's Abbey School in Washington, D.C., where he taught

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, as well as an origami class. One of John Montroll's hobbies is whistling. He can whistle in 5 octaves and has shown this talent at two whistling conventions in

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. John Montroll pioneered modern origami with the publication of his first book, ''Origami for the Enthusiast''; Dover Publications, 1979, which was the first origami book where each model is folded from single square sheet and no cuts. In the same book he also introduced the origami term "double rabbit ear fold." He is also known for the groundbreaking bases "dog base" and "insect base". John Montroll is known as the inspiration behind the single-square, no-cut, no glue approach to origami. His work in the field of origami was briefly mentioned in the York series by author Laura Ruby.

Publications

*''Origami for the Enthusiast''; Dover Publications, 1979 *''Animal Origami for the Enthusiast''; Dover Publications, 1985 *''Origami American Style''; Zenagraf, 1990 * ''Origami Sculptures'' (with Andrew Montroll); Antroll Pub. Co., 1990 * ''Origami Sea Life'' (with Robert J. Lang); Dover Publications, 1990 * ''Prehistoric Origami''; Dover Publications, 1990 * ''African Animals in Origami''; Dover Publications, 1991 * ''Easy Origami''; Dover Publications, 1992 * ''Origami Inside-Out''; Dover Publications, 1993 * ''Birds in Origami''; Dover Publications, 1995 * ''North American Animals in Origami''; Dover Publications, 1995 * ''Favorite Animals in Origami''; Dover Publications, 1996 * ''Mythological Creatures and the Chinese Zodiac in Origami''; Dover Publications, 1996 * ''Teach Yourself Origami''; Dover Publications, 1998 * ''Bringing Origami to Life''; Dover Publications, 1999 * ''Dollar Bill Animals in Origami''; Dover Publications, 2000 * ''Bugs and Birds in Origami''; Dover Publications, 2001 * ''A Plethora of Origami Polyhedra''; Dover Publications, 2002 * ''Dollar Bill Origami''; Dover Publications, 2003 * ''A Constellation of Origami Polyhedra''; Dover Publications, 2004 * ''Origami: Birds And Insects''; Dover Publications, 2004 * ''Origami: Wild Animals''; Dover Publications, 2004 * ''Easy Christmas Origami''; Dover Publications, 2006 * ''Christmas Origami''; Dover Publications, 2006 * ''Storytime Origami''; Dover Publications, 2009 * '' Origami Polyhedra Design''; AK Peters, 2009 * ''eZ Origami''; Kindle Edition by Antroll Publishing Company (April 17, 2010) * ''eZ Origami''; Smashwords Edition b
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(May 8, 2010) * ''Easy Dollar Bill Origami''; Dover Publications (May 20, 2010), * ''Dinosaur Origami''; Dover Publications (June 9, 2010), * ''Origami Jungle Birds''; Kindle Edition by Antroll Publishing Company; 1 edition (June 16, 2010) * ''Origami Under The Sea'' (with Robert J. Lang); Dover Publications (July 15, 2010)

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External links

www.johnmontroll.comMontroll books on Amazon.com
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