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WRITER

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 of sea novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, and centred 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick O'Brian has received more than 1,487,045 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Patrick O'Brian is the 2,075th most popular writer (down from 1,787th in 2019), the 1,628th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,391st in 2019) and the 175th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Patrick O'Brian ranks 2,075 out of 5,755. Before him are Nigidius Figulus, Erinna, Anastasius Sinaita, Handrij Zejler, Johanna van Gogh-Bonger, and Auguste Maquet. After him are Isaac Alfasi, Bernard Palissy, Djuna Barnes, Dick Francis, Gurju Khatun, and João Guimarães Rosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Patrick O'Brian ranks 112. Before him are Lyman Spitzer, Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, Akira Matsunaga, Edward Schillebeeckx, Hortensia Bussi, and Annie Fischer. After him are Alberto Lattuada, Richard Basehart, J. Lee Thompson, Luis Mariano, Jerry Siegel, and Juan Carlos Onganía. Among people deceased in 2000, Patrick O'Brian ranks 80. Before him are Roger Peyrefitte, Hubert Maga, Domingos da Guia, Charles M. Schulz, Yasuo Suzuki, and Tito Puente. After him are Hendrik Casimir, Prince Tomislav of Yugoslavia, Steven Runciman, Richard Farnsworth, Charles Gray, and Pierre Pflimlin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick O'Brian ranks 1,628 out of 7,765. Before him are Francis Rossi (1949), David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961), Marjorie Bruce (1297), Richard Parkes Bonington (1801), Kingsley Amis (1922), and Lord Guildford Dudley (1536). After him are Michael Halliday (1925), Dick Francis (1920), Catherine Ashton (1956), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), Duncan Haldane (1951), and James Hilton (1900).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Patrick O'Brian ranks 175. Before him are James Herriot (1916), Philip Sidney (1554), Richard Adams (1920), Taliesin (518), Frederick Marryat (1792), and Kingsley Amis (1922). After him are Dick Francis (1920), James Hilton (1900), David Lodge (1935), John Mandeville (1300), Vera Brittain (1893), and Thomas Gray (1716).

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