Photo: Nathaniel Philbrick / CC BY-SA 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Nathaniel Philbrick is, to me, the rare historian who writes with sea air in his lungs. A Boston native, Brown graduate, and competitive sailor, he brings a sailor's intimacy with the ocean to his maritime histories, and you feel it on every page. In the Heart of the Sea, which excavated the Essex disaster that haunted Melville into writing Moby-Dick, deservedly took the National Book Award and later reached the screen. What I admire most is how rigorously he builds his facts while never losing the human extremity at the center of the story. He makes scholarship genuinely breathtaking.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nathaniel Philbrick
- Name (Japanese)
- ナサニエル フィルブリック
- Reading
- なさにえる ふぃるぶりっく
- Born
- June 11, 1956 (age 70)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Monkey
- Origin
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- writer / historian / sailor / author
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Taylor Allderdice High School
- University
- Brown University
Awards & achievements
- 2000 National Book Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://nathanielphilbrick.com/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel%20Philbrick
Frequently asked questions
When was Nathaniel Philbrick born?
Born June 11, 1956 (age 70).
Where is Nathaniel Philbrick from?
Nathaniel Philbrick is from Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
What does Nathaniel Philbrick do?
Nathaniel Philbrick works as writer, historian, sailor, author.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-24
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.