Full name:

    Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn


  Date of Birth:

    July 9, 1918

  Place of Birth:

     The Hague, The Netherlands


  Date of Death:

    February 17, 2012



  Nationality:

    Netherlands


  Married:

    30 August 1944, with Elizabeth de Groot


  Children:

    Jorina Aleida, born 19 January 1947

    Frans Willem, born 13 April 1948

    Elisabeth, born 24 November 1950, died 18 November 2008

    Judith Elizabeth, born 31 March 1963



Home address:
          Eikenlaan 2, 5671AB Nuenen, The Netherlands
          Telephone 040-2831650

          Institutional address:
          Eindhoven University of Technology,
          Department of Mathematics and Computing Science
          PO Box 513, 5600 MB  EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands

          email:   n.g.d.bruijn@tue.nl 

          Schools:
          Elementary school, The Hague,1924-1930
          Secundary school (H.B.S.), The Hague 1930-1934
          Leiden University, 1936-1941

          Doctorate obtained on March 26, 1943, at the Free
          University at Amsterdam. The subject was in
          Mathematics, in particular Algebraic Number Theory.
          Title of Dissertation: Over modulaire vormen van meer
          veranderlijken (Modular forms in several variables)



          Professional Career:

          Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Technological
          University Delft, September 1939-June 1944

          Scientific Associate at Philips Research Laboratories,
          Eindhoven, June 1944-October 1946

          Professor, Department of Mathematics, Technological
          University Delft, October 1946-September 1952

          Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of
          Amsterdam, September 1952-September 1960

          Professor, Department of Mathematics, Technological
          University Eindhoven, September 1960-August 1984

          Professor Emeritus since August 1, 1984

          Consultantship:
          Philips Research Laboratories, Eindhoven, 1960-1984



          Honors:

          Member Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences since 1957

          Invited Speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians,
          Nice 1970

          Ridder Nederlandse Leeuw (Knight in the Order of the Lion) 1981

          Snellius Medal 1985  (This medal of the "Genootschap ter
          Bevordering van natuur-, genees-, en heelkunde" is awarded only
          once in 9 years for the whole field of mathematics, natural
          sciences and medicine. The work on the Automath project was
          the main motivation for this case)

          Honorary Member of the Netherlands Mathematical Society
          ("Wiskundig Genootschap") since 1988

          AKZO Prize 1991

          Lifetime Achievement Award. 2003
          Nederlandse Vereniging v. Theoretische Informatica. 



          Visiting Professorships:

          Gauss Professor at University of Göttingen, summer 1959

          Visiting Professor, Department of Mathematics of the
          University of Paris at Orsay, summer 1965

          Visiting Professor (Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar),
          California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA,
          April-May 1973

          Visiting Professor, University of Tel Aviv, Israel, April 1984




       	
          Papers published:
          (until March 2004) about 196 journal publications and
          about 120 internal reports
          Subjects: Geometry, Number Theory,
                    Classical and Functional Analysis,
                    Applied Mathematics, Combinatorics,
                    Computer Science, Logic,
                    Mathematical Language, Brain Models.