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Richard G. Brown is a prominent former mathematics teacher and the author of one of the most famous
high-school advanced mathematics text books, Advanced Mathematics: Precalculus With Discrete Mathematics
and Data Analysis, first published in 1991. He is the father of best seller (The Da Vinci Code) American author
Dan Brown.
Brown taught high school mathematics at Phillips Exeter Academy from 1962 until his retirement in 1997. His
other affiliations include the Newton High School in Massachusetts, the University of New Hampshire, Arizona
State University, and the North Carolina School for Science and Mathematics during the school year beginning
in 1983.
Brown had been offered a job at the National Security Agency at one time, but declined due to his desire to not
move his family out of New Hampshire.
He is currently a member of the COMAP Consortium Council, he is an active participant in professional
mathematics organizations and the author of mathematics texts and journal articles. In 1989, he was chosen by
President George H.W. Bush to receive the "Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics
Teaching".
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Brown, Richard G. (1991). Advanced Mathematics: Precalculus With Discrete Mathematics and Data
Analysis. Houghton Mifflin Co. ISBN 978-0-395-55189-9.
Brown, Richard G. (1999). Algebra and Trigonometry: Structure and Method, Book 2. McDougal Littell
Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-395-58536-8.
^ "Da Vinci Code Author Dan Brown and Siblings, Valerie Brown '85 and Gregory Brown '93 Establish New Fund in
Honor of their Father" The Exeter Initiatives. November 1, 2004 (http://phillips.exeter.edu/ei/news
/news_danbrown.html)
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