Background
De Brún was born at Grangemockler, County Tipperary, in 1889, the son of a primary school teacher, Maurice Browne.
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Education
He was educated locally, at Rockwell College, Cashel, and at Holy Cross College, Clonliffe, Dublin (at both he was tutored in mathematics by Eamon De Valera). He was ordained to the Catholic priesthood at the Irish College in Paris in 1913, and took his Doctor of Science from the Sorbonne for a thesis in mathematics.
Career
In 1909 he was awarded a Bachelor from the Royal University of Ireland, he was awarded an Master of Arts After a period at the University of Göttingen, de Brún was appointed Professor of Mathematics at Saint Patrick"s College, Maynooth, in 1914. In April 1945, he was elected by the Senate of the National University of Ireland to succeed Manager John Hynes as President of University College Galway, an office he held until his retirement in 1959.
The School of Mathematics, Mathematical Physics and Statistics is based in Áras de Brún, a building named in his honour.
He subsequently became Chairman of the Arts Council of Ireland, a position he held until his death in 1960. He also served as Chairman of the Council of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.
De Brún was a prolific writer of poetry, including the well-known poem in the Irish language "Thánaig Long ó Valparaiso". He translated into Irish many classical works, including Homer"s Iliad and Odyssey, Sophocles" Antigone and Oedipus Rex, and Plutarch"s Lives, as well as Dante"s The Divine Comedy.
The French Government awarded Manager de Brún the title of Chevalier of the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur"Honneur in 1949, and in 1956, the order "First Rate (at Lloyd's) Merito della Repubblica Italiana" was conferred on him by the President of Italy.
He was created a domestic prelate by the Pope in 1950. Manager de Brún died in Dublin on June 5, 1960.
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June 5, 1960 (aged 71)