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Stephen Maturin is a main character in the Aubrey–Maturin series, which portrays his career as a physician, naturalist and spy in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, and the long pursuit of his beloved Diana Villiers. As well as his activities as a physician and agent, Maturin is a celebrated naturalist (a member of the Royal Society) with a particular interest in birds, and the discoverer of the then unknown species of tortoise Testudo aubreii, which he named for Jack Aubrey. Maturin was played by Paul Bettany in the 2003 film adaptation Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.

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  • Stephen Maturin is a main character in the Aubrey–Maturin series, which portrays his career as a physician, naturalist and spy in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, and the long pursuit of his beloved Diana Villiers. As well as his activities as a physician and agent, Maturin is a celebrated naturalist (a member of the Royal Society) with a particular interest in birds, and the discoverer of the then unknown species of tortoise Testudo aubreii, which he named for Jack Aubrey. Maturin was played by Paul Bettany in the 2003 film adaptation Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
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  • Stephen Maturin is a main character in the Aubrey–Maturin series, which portrays his career as a physician, naturalist and spy in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, and the long pursuit of his beloved Diana Villiers. As well as his activities as a physician and agent, Maturin is a celebrated naturalist (a member of the Royal Society) with a particular interest in birds, and the discoverer of the then unknown species of tortoise Testudo aubreii, which he named for Jack Aubrey. He also experiments with drugs, being a frequent user (sometimes an addict) of laudanum, as well as coca, khat, and tobacco. He also plays the cello and the flute. He is described as a short, slight, dark-skinned man (a result of his Hiberno-Spanish heritage and predilection for naked sun-bathing), although he has "curious" pale blue eyes. He weighs "barely 9 stone" (125 pounds, 56 kg). Untidy or even disreputable in appearance he spends as little as possible on clothes, and when encouraged by his particular friend Jack Aubrey wears a periwig over his sparse close-cropped hair, despite a considerable share of prize money earned over the years, and a fortune inherited from his Catalan godfather in 1812. Maturin is fluent in English, Spanish, Catalan, French and Latin, can also speak Irish, read Portuguese, and has a working knowledge of Greek, Malay, Arabic and Urdu. Sadly, he rarely seems to understand naval jargon. Maturin was played by Paul Bettany in the 2003 film adaptation Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
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