Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Patrick O'Brian across 5 places, from 1926 to 1998.
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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.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Patrick O'Brian was documented, and when
September 1926month
Lewes Grammar Schoolattested“The eighth of nine children, O'Brian lost his mother at the age of four, and his biographers describe a fairly isolated childhood, limited by poverty, with sporadic schooling, at St Marylebone Grammar School from 1924 to 1926, while livi…”source: Wikipedia: Patrick O'Brian
September 1926month
Putneyattested“The eighth of nine children, O'Brian lost his mother at the age of four, and his biographers describe a fairly isolated childhood, limited by poverty, with sporadic schooling, at St Marylebone Grammar School from 1924 to 1926, while livi…”source: Wikipedia: Patrick O'Brian
1935year
Londonattested“In 1935, he was living in London, where he married his first wife, Elizabeth Jones, in 1936.”source: Wikipedia: Patrick O'Brian
1949year
Collioureattested“In 1949 O'Brian and Mary moved to Collioure, a Catalan town in southern France.”source: Wikipedia: Patrick O'Brian
1998year
Collioureattested“He and Mary remained together in Collioure until her death in 1998.”source: Wikipedia: Patrick O'Brian
1998 to 1999period
Trinity College Dublinattested“In the end, Aubrey and Maturin will have to thrive on their own—which is how the willfully enigmatic O'Brian most likely intended it." He continued to work on his naval novels until his death and spent the winter of 1998–1999 at Trinity…”source: Wikipedia: Patrick O'Brian
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1938year
Indiamentioned“Hussein: An entertainment, set in India, was published in 1938, when O'Brian was 23.”source: Wikipedia: Patrick O'Brian
1946 to 1949period
Croesormentioned“Between 1946 and 1949 the O'Brians lived in Cwm Croesor, a remote valley in north Wales, where they initially rented a cottage from the architect Clough Williams-Ellis.”source: Wikipedia: Patrick O'Brian
1952year
Walesmentioned“The countryside and people around his village in Wales provided inspiration for many of his short stories of the period, and also his novel Testimonies (1952), which is set in a thinly disguised Cwm Croesor, and which was well received b…”source: Wikipedia: Patrick O'Brian
December 1993month
United Statesmentioned“Colford notes that when O'Brian "visited the United States a few weeks ago [in December 1993], fans waiting to meet, lunch and have tea with him included Walter Cronkite, Sen.”source: Wikipedia: Patrick O'Brian
1994year
Francementioned“Horowitz interviewed O'Brian at his home in France in 1994: "Until recently, he refused all interviews.”source: Wikipedia: Patrick O'Brian
17 June 1997exact date
Trinity College Dublinmentioned“He received an honorary doctorate from Trinity College Dublin, and a CBE on June 17, 1997.”source: Wikipedia: Patrick O'Brian
October 1999month
Battle of the Nilementioned“Shortly before his last completed novel was published in October 1999, O'Brian wrote an article for a series of the best in the millennium ending, titled "Full Nelson", choosing for his topic Admiral Nelson's victory in the Battle of the…”source: Wikipedia: Patrick O'Brian
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