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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 ...
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.
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 ...
The book is the posthumous publication of an uncompleted typescript, published as a result of Patrick O'Brian's position as an accomplished author of historical sea fiction. It comprises the partially corrected typescript of the approximately three chapters completed by O'Brian before his death in January 2000, as well as a facsimile of the ...
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.
William Joseph Patrick O'Brien (Irish: Pádraig Ó Briain; November 11, 1899 – October 15, 1983) was an American film actor with more than 100 screen credits. Of Irish descent, he often played Irish and Irish-American characters and was referred to as "Hollywood's Irishman in Residence" in the press.
John "Jack" Aubrey CB MP JP FRS, [1] [2] is a fictional character in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick O'Brian.The series of novels portrays his rise from lieutenant to rear admiral in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.