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Patrick O'Brien (golfer)
Patrick O'Brien may refer to: * Patrick Cotter O'Brien (1760–1806), the tallest person alive in his lifetime *Patrick O'Brien (Australian politician) (1810–1882), politician in Victoria, Australia *Sir Patrick O'Brien, 2nd Baronet (1823–1895), Irish politician * Patrick Joseph O'Brien (1835–1911), Member of Parliament for North Tipperary, 1885–1906 *Pat O'Brien (Irish politician) (Patrick O'Brien, c. 1847–1917), Irish Nationalist MP in the United Kingdom Parliament * Patrick O'Brien (footballer, born 1875) (1875–1951), Scottish footballer * Patrick O'Brien (footballer, born 1884) (1884–?), Scottish footballer and surgeon *Patrick O'Brian 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 ... (1914–2000), English novelist and translator * Patrick K. O'Brien (born 1932), B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Cotter O'Brien
Patrick Cotter O'Brien (19 January 1760 – 8 September 1806) was the second of only 23 people in medical history to stand at a verified height of . O'Brien was born in Kinsale, County Cork, Ireland. His real name was Patrick Cotter and he adopted O'Brien as his stage name in the sideshow circus, claiming descent from the legendarily gigantic Brian Boru. He was also known as the ''Bristol Giant'' and the ''Irish Giant''. Another giant of this period, Charles Byrne, also claimed to be an O'Brien. He made enough money to retire in 1804 and lived in Hotwells, Bristol until his death. It is believed that he died from the effects of the disease gigantism. No hearse could be found to accommodate his casket encased in lead, and his remains were borne to the grave by relays of fourteen men. In his will, Cotter left £2,000 to his mother and a request that his body be entombed within of solid rock (to prevent exhumation for scientific or medical research). His grave remained undistu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick O'Brien (Australian Politician)
Patrick O'Brien (1817 – 12 April 1887) was a British wine and spirit merchant and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council and later, the inaugural Victorian Legislative Assembly. Early life O'Brien was born in Shanna-golden, Limerick, Ireland. Colonial Australia O'Brien arrived in New South Wales in 1838 and Port Phillip District in 1840. In August 1853, he was elected to the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council for Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour, a seat he held until the original Council was abolished in March 1856. O'Brien was elected to the seat of South Bourke South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz' ... in the first Victorian Legislative Assembly in November 1856, a seat he held until August 1859 when he lost his bid to be re- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Patrick O'Brien, 2nd Baronet
Sir Patrick O'Brien, 2nd Baronet (1823 – 26 April 1895) was an Irish politician. He was elected in 1852 as a member of parliament for King's County (now County Offaly), and held the seat until the constituency was divided at the 1885 general election. He was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery Kensal Green Cemetery is a cemetery in the Kensal Green area of North Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in London, England. Inspired by Père Lachaise Cemetery in P ... References External links * * 1823 births 1895 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for King's County constituencies (1801–1922) Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery Politicians from County Offaly UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 UK MPs 1880–1885 Irish knights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Joseph O'Brien
Patrick Joseph O'Brien (1835 – 10 January 1911) was an Irish Nationalist Member of Parliament for North Tipperary, 1885–1906. He was the only son of James O'Brien of Nenagh, County Tipperary and of Bridget, daughter of John Gunning Regan. He was educated at local schools and became a hotel proprietor. In 1878 he married Bridget, daughter of Denis Hayes of Ballintoher, Nenagh. He was chairman of the Nenagh Town Commissioners, 1880–87 and 1890–91, and first Catholic Chairman of the Nenagh Board of Guardians, 1885–99. In 1882 he was arrested as a suspect and confined in Naas gaol. Later he was a County Councillor, and Chairman of the District Council, 1899–1900. He was elected to represent the new seat of North Tipperary, in which Nenagh was situated, in 1885, defeating the Conservative candidate by a margin of 19 to one. He was then returned unopposed in 1886. When the Irish Parliamentary Party split over the leadership of Charles Stewart Parnell Charles Stewart P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat O'Brien (Irish Politician)
Patrick O'Brien (c.1847 – 12 July 1917) was an Irish Nationalist MP in the House Of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party represented North Monaghan (1886–1892) and Kilkenny City (1895–1917). He was Chief Whip of the Irish Party from 1907 until his death in 1917. Biography The second son of James O’Brien of Tullamore, Co. Offaly, he never married. He trained as a mechanical and marine engineer but subsequently moved to Liverpool where he set up a business as a coal merchant. In his early days he was a Fenian and was imprisoned as such. After moving to England he became active in the Land League and in the Home Rule Confederation of Great Britain, and was again imprisoned in his capacity as secretary of the Commercial Branch of the Land League in Liverpool. He became known to Charles Stewart Parnell, who chose him as candidate for North Monaghan at a by-election in February 1886 after Timo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick O'Brien (footballer, Born 1875)
Patrick O'Brien (June 1873 – 1950) was a Scottish footballer. O'Brien started his career playing junior football in the Glasgow, playing for Elm Park and Glasgow Northern, before making the move south to join London side Woolwich Arsenal in 1894. A forward, he made his debut against Grimsby Town on 10 September 1894 and went on to score 11 goals in 27 games for Woolwich Arsenal in his first season ( 1894–95), as Woolwich Arsenal finished 8th in the Second Division. An injury at the start of the 1895–96 season ruled O'Brien out for four months, hampering his goal tally. However, he came back the next season, 1896–97, scoring 14 goals in 26 league appearances, making him the club's top scorer that season. However, despite this, he was sold to Bristol City in the summer of 1897, linking up with former Arsenal boss Sam Hollis, who had also just moved there. In total he played 67 times for Arsenal, scoring 29 goals. He spent five years with Bristol City before seeing out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick O'Brien (footballer, Born 1884)
Patrick Aloysius O'Brien was a Scottish amateur football centre forward who played in the Scottish League for Queen's Park. Personal life O'Brien had a wife, four sons and two daughters. He served as a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War and later became a casualty surgeon for the Glasgow Police. In May 1941, during the Second World War, O'Brien was called to examine Nazi Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess, who had landed near Eaglesham Eaglesham ( or , or ; ; ) is a village in East Renfrewshire, Scotland, situated about south of Glasgow, southeast of Newton Mearns and south of Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, Clarkston, and southwest of East Kilbride. The 2011 census reveal ... on an attempted peace mission. Career statistics References 1884 births Scottish men's footballers Scottish Football League players British Army personnel of World War I Men's association football forwards Queen's Park F.C. players Royal Army Medical Cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick O'Brian
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. O'Brian wrote a number of other novels and short stories, most of which were published before he achieved success with the Aubrey–Maturin series. He also translated works from French to English, and wrote biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso. His major success as a writer came late in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick K
Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name * Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People * Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint * Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or Patricius, Bishop of Dublin * Patrick, 1st Earl of Salisbury (c. 1122–1168), Anglo-Norman nobleman * Patrick (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian right-back * Patrick (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian striker * Patrick (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian midfielder * Patrick (footballer, born 1994), Brazilian right-back * Patrick (footballer, born May 1998), Brazilian forward * Patrick (footballer, born November 1998), Brazilian attacking midfielder * Patrick (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian defender * Patrick (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian defender * John Byrne (Scottish playwright) (born 1940), also a painter under the pseudonym Patrick * Don Harris (wrestler) (born 1960), American professional wrestler who uses the ring name Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick O'Brien (political Scientist)
Patrick John (Paddy) O'Brien (12 January 1937, Wodonga, Victoria – 1998, Perth, Western Australia), was an Australian political scientist and author, teaching in the political science department of the University of Western Australia from 1969 until his death. He was a vocal critic of WA Inc corruption and the Australian Labor Party in Western Australia (WA) in the 1980s, was embroiled in a university controversy, and was elected to the 1998 Australian Commonwealth Government's People's Constitutional Convention shortly before he died, in the same year''Obituary for UWA lecturer in politics.''O'Brien, Patrick, 1937-1998. UWA leader, 24 Aug. 1998, p. 15, Biography O'Brien's parents were John Cornelius O'Brien and Monica Augusta Coore. He was educated at St Mary's Primary School, Ringwood, St John's Marist Brothers School, Hawthorn and St Kevin's Christian Brothers College, Toorak. He graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1967 (BA with combined honours in history a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick O'Brien (musician)
Patrick O'Brien (1947 – July 16, 2014) was an American guitarist and lutenist born in New York. He was a recording artist, but was best known as a pedagogue in the field of early plucked instruments in America, and an expert in musicians' hand anatomy. He has worked with musicians on many instruments, reworking their technique around repetitive stress injuries and breakdowns of coordination. Biography Patrick O'Brien was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947. He was an admirer and a student of many American folk and jazz musicians, in particular Reverend Gary Davis. O'Brien taught early, classical, and other guitars, lute, archlute, theorbo and early harp in his native New York City for over fifty years. He was active as a continuo lutenist, guitarist, citternist and theorbist, and performed throughout Europe and North America with the Harp Consort, Baltimore Consort, Schola Antiqua, New York City Opera; and at the Caramoor, Spoleto and Boston Early Music festivals. He serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |