Fitz-James O’Brien

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Irish emigrant to the United States horror writer person science fiction writer short story writer writer

Fitz-James O’Brien was a 19th-century Irish-born American writer best known for his pioneering works of science fiction and supernatural short stories.

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instanceOf	Irish emigrant to the United States ⓘ horror writer ⓘ person ⓘ science fiction writer ⓘ short story writer ⓘ writer ⓘ
activeInPeriod	19th century ⓘ
birthName	Michael O’Brien ⓘ
burialPlace	New York City ⓘ
causeOfDeath	wounds received in battle ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Ireland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1828-12-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1862-04-06 ⓘ
educatedAt	Trinity College Dublin ⓘ
employer	Harper's Magazine ⓘ surface form: Harper’s Magazine The Atlantic Monthly ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Irish ⓘ
familyName	O'Brien ⓘ surface form: O’Brien
gender	male ⓘ
genre	horror fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ supernatural fiction ⓘ weird fiction ⓘ
givenName	Michael ⓘ
influenced	H. P. Lovecraft ⓘ later science fiction writers ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
literaryMovement	American fantastic literature ⓘ early science fiction ⓘ
militaryBranch	Union Army ⓘ
militaryRank	officer ⓘ
movedTo	London, England ⓘ surface form: London New York City ⓘ
name	Fitz-James O’Brien self-link ⓘ
notableWork	The Diamond Lens ⓘ The Lost Room ⓘ The Wondersmith ⓘ What Was It? A Mystery ⓘ
notedFor	early examples of invisible-creature stories ⓘ pioneering microscopic and speculative science themes in fiction ⓘ
occupation	journalist ⓘ writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	County Limerick ⓘ surface form: County Limerick, Ireland
placeOfDeath	Cumberland, Maryland ⓘ surface form: Cumberland, Maryland, United States
residence	New York City ⓘ
wroteFor	The Saturday Press ⓘ surface form: New York Saturday Press

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Putnam’s Magazine → notableContributor → Fitz-James O’Brien ⓘ

Fitz-James O’Brien → name → Fitz-James O’Brien self-link ⓘ