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Patrick O'Brian CBE (12 December 1914 – 2 January 2000), born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series. These sea novels are set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars and centre on the friendship of the English naval captain Jack Aubrey and the Irish–Catalan physician ...
The Aubrey–Maturin series is a sequence of nautical historical novels—20 completed and one unfinished—by English author Patrick O'Brian, set during the Napoleonic Wars and centring on the friendship between Captain Jack Aubrey of the Royal Navy and his ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin, a physician, natural philosopher, and intelligence agent.
Patrick Cotter O'Brien (1760–1806), the tallest person alive in his lifetime; Patrick Joseph O'Brien (1835–1911), Member of Parliament for North Tipperary, 1885–1906; Patrick K. O'Brien (born 1932), British academic and historian; Patrick Thomas O'Brien (born 1951), American actor; Sir Patrick O'Brien, 2nd Baronet (1823–1895), Irish ...
Patrick Karl O'Brien FRHistS FBA (born 12 August 1932) is a British historian who serves as professor emeritus of global economic history at the London School of Economics and Political Science. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
O'Brien was born in Wisconsin and graduated from Regis High School in Eau Claire.He then attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire receiving his B.A. in 1975. [1] O'Brien has appeared in several films including The Personals, Airborne, Stuart Little, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Catch Me If You Can and Kiss the Girls.
Master and Commander is a nautical historical novel by the English author Patrick O'Brian, first published in 1969 in the US and 1970 in the UK.The book proved to be the start of the 20-novel Aubrey–Maturin series, set largely in the era of the Napoleonic Wars, on which O'Brian continued working until his death in 2000.
Patrick John O'Brien (born February 14, 1948) is an American author and radio host, best known for his work as a sportscaster with CBS Sports from 1981 to 1997, as well as his work as the anchor and host of Access Hollywood from 1997 to 2004, and The Insider from 2004 to 2008.
Patrick O'Brien (1947 – July 16, 2014) was an American guitarist and lutenist [1] born in New York. He was a recording artist, but was best known as a pedagogue in the field of early plucked instruments in America, and an expert in musicians' hand anatomy. He has worked with musicians on many instruments, reworking their technique around ...