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- Birth nameRichard Patrick Russ
- Patrick O'Brian was born on December 12, 1914 in Chalfont St. Peter, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Van der Valk (1972) and Close Up (1998). He was married to Frieda Mary Wicksteed Tolstoy-Miroslavska and Sarah Russ. He died on January 2, 2000 in Dublin, Ireland.
- SpousesFrieda Mary Wicksteed Tolstoy-Miroslavska(1945 - 1998) (her death)Sarah Russ (divorced, 2 children)
- Appointed CBE in 1995.
- Received the honorary degree of DLitt from Trinity College Dublin in 1997.
- His daughter, Jane, died age 3 of spina bifida.
- Buried at Collioure, a Catalan town in southern France.
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