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Patrick O'Brian

1914 - 2000

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Patrick O'Brian (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 Stephen Maturin. The 20-novel series, the first of which is Master and Commander, is known for its well-researched and highly detailed portrayal of early 19th-century life, as well as its authentic and evocative language. A partially finished 21st novel in the series was published posthumously containing facing pages of handwriting and typescript. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick O'Brian is the 2,721st most popular writer (down from 2,107th in 2019), the 2,263rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,591st in 2019) and the 250th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Patrick O'Brian ranks 2,721 out of 7,302. Before him are Dorothea von Schlegel, Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Mago, Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, Karel Jaromír Erben, and Eva Mozes Kor. After him are Táhirih, Peter Bieri, Herman Wouk, Wilfred Owen, Michael Ondaatje, and Franz Overbeck.

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Among people born in 1914, Patrick O'Brian ranks 151. Before him are Gino Colaussi, Michael Grant, Yuri Levitan, Paul Tortelier, Noor Inayat Khan, and Frances Oldham Kelsey. After him are Arno Schmidt, Jens Otto Krag, Hernán Siles Zuazo, Harry F. Byrd Jr., Kazimierz Świątek, and Albrecht Brandi. Among people deceased in 2000, Patrick O'Brian ranks 117. Before him are Domingos da Guia, Bernhard Wicki, Aristidis Konstantinidis, Claude Autant-Lara, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, and Walter Krupinski. After him are Efstathios Chorafas, Oleg Yefremov, Adamantios Androutsopoulos, Kalle Svensson, Yevgeny Khrunov, and Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick O'Brian ranks 2,263 out of 8,785. Before him are Alexander Wilson (1766), Joe Davis (1901), Anna Sewell (1820), Jimmy Jones (1928), Isabella Beeton (1836), and Steve Winwood (1948). After him are Stephen Morris (1957), Wilfred Owen (1893), Erskine Childers (1870), Norman Lamont (1942), Nell Gwyn (1650), and Branwell Brontë (1817).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Patrick O'Brian ranks 250. Before him are Sophie Kinsella (1969), Michael Grant (1914), Thomas Percy (1729), John Wyndham (1903), David Ogilvy (1911), and Anna Sewell (1820). After him are Wilfred Owen (1893), Branwell Brontë (1817), George Herbert (1593), J. B. Priestley (1894), Marie Belloc Lowndes (1868), and Leonard Woolf (1880).

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