Da Vinci Code author gives €1.72m to old school
Novelist Dan Brown, author of the multi-million-selling book The Da Vinci Code, is sharing some of his wealth with his old school in the United States.
The private Phillips Exeter Academy announced today that Brown and his siblings, Valerie and Gregory, had made a €1.72m donation in honour of their father, Richard Brown, who taught mathematics at the school for 35 years.
The gift will help provide students with computers and other high-tech equipment.
“My dad’s contribution to education through teaching and textbooks is a powerful legacy,” the author said during a ceremony at the school, based in Exeter, New Hampshire.
“We have taken the opportunity to give something back to a phenomenal father and an extraordinary school, both of whom have given us so much.”
Dan Brown, who still lives in Exeter, graduated from the academy in 1982 and later taught English there. His siblings also attended the school.
Brown’s other books include Angels and Demons and Digital Fortress.
