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OMeara, Barry Edward
(mä´r) (KEY) , 17861836, Irish physician. A surgeon in the British navy, he attended the exiled French emperor Napoleon I on St. Helena and became involved in a feud with Napoleons custodian, Sir Hudson Lowe, whom he charged with mistreatment of Napoleon. OMeara was forced to return to England.