What is Patrick O'Brian?
'''Patrick O'Brian''', {{Small|[[Order of the British Empire|CBE]]}} (born '''Richard Patrick Russ'''; 12 December 1914 – 2 January 2000) was a [[British people|British]] [[novel]]ist and [[translator]]. He is best known for his [[Aubrey–Maturin series]] (1969–2004) of [[sea]] [[novel]]s set in the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. The book series was about the friendship of the [[English people|English]] [[Navy|naval]] [[captain]] Jack Aubrey and the [[Irish people|Irish]]-[[Catalan people|Catalan]] [[Medical doctor|doctor]] Stephen Maturin. The series had a total of 21 books. O'Brian was born in [[Chalfont St Peter]], [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]]. He served during the [[Second World War]]. He was married to Elizabeth Jones until their [[divorce]]. They had two children, Jane and Richard. He was married Mary Tolstoy from 1945 until her death in 1998. They lived in [[Collioure]], [[France]]. O'Brian died on 2 January 2000 in [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]] at the age of 85.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/6916742/Patrick-OBrian.html|title=Patrick O'Brian|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=7 January 2000|access-date=1 December 2017|archive-date=3 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903005816/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/6916742/Patrick-OBrian.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} * [http://books.wwnorton.com/books/Author.aspx?ID=4929 Official website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Obrian, Patrick}} [[Category:1914 births]] [[Category:2000 deaths]] [[Category:British military personnel of World War II]] [[Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire]] [[Category:English novelists]] [[Category:British translators]] [[Category:Writers from Buckinghamshire]] {{Bio-stub}}