Quote of the day
Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.
Patrick O'Brian

Born: December 12, 1914
Died: January 2, 2000 (aged 85)
Bio: Patrick O'Brian, born Richard Patrick Russ, was an English novelist and translator, best known for his Aubrey–Maturin series of novels set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.
Known for:
- Master and Commander (1969)
- HMS Surprise (1973)
- Post Captain (1972)
- Desolation Island (1978)
- The Mauritius Command (1977)