Cecil Scott Forester, an Englishman, was born in Cairo in 1899, the son of a British army officer. He was educated in London, and for a time he studied medicine. After a World War I stint in the infantry, however, he decided to be a poet. This was a shortlived pursuit and he soon turned to biography and fiction. He then wrote many best-selling novels—African Queen and The General among them—before he wrote the first of his Hornblower stories in 1937. That first book was Beat to Quarters, chronologically the fifth volume in tracing the career of Hornblower. In 1940 Forester moved to Berkeley, California, where he lived for many years between his World War II and postwar travels. In April of 1966, while writing Hornblower and the Crisis, C. S. Forester died. Today, the popularity of his writing still continues to grow, and the names of both Forester and Hornblower have become synonymous with the greatest names in naval literature.
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British novelist, "Hornblower" author (1899–1966)
| Born | 27 Aug 1899 |
| Died | 2 Apr 1966 |
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British novelist, "Hornblower" author (1899–1966)
| Born | 27 Aug 1899 |
| Died | 2 Apr 1966 |
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Fiction, Naval History, Horatio Hornblower (Fictitious character), Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Hornblower, horatio (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction in English, History, Napoleonic wars, 1800-1815, fiction, Peninsular war, 1807-1814, fiction, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, general, Fiction, historical, Sea stories, Great britain, fiction, English Sea stories, History, Naval, Admirals, Children's fiction, English War stories, Fiction, sea stories, Fiction, war & military, Open Library Staff Picks, British Naval operations, Historical fictionPlaces
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- Wikidata: Q430182
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- Smith, Cecil Louis Troughton, Cecil Louis Troughton
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