O'Brien, Robert C.

Robert C. O'BrienIn real life, Robert C. O'Brien was Robert Leslie Conly. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, attended Williams College and graduated from the Universtiy of Rochester. While there he studied piano at Eastman School of Music, and at one time considered being a musician. Instead, he became an editor and writer for "Newsweek" magazine from 1941 to 1944, and for "Pathfinder" from 1946 to 1951. From 1951 until the time of his death in 1973 he was employed as a writer and editor by the "National Geographic Magazine". He made his home in New York City before 1944 and in Washington, D.C...