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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C. S. Forester
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British novelist, "Hornblower" author (1899–1966)
| Born | 27 Aug 1899 |
| Died | 2 Apr 1966 |
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Fiction, Fiction, historical, general, Hornblower, horatio (fictitious character), fiction, Horatio Hornblower (Fictitious character), Peninsular war, 1807-1814, fiction, Naval History, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, History, Fiction, action & adventure, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, war & military, Napoleonic wars, 1800-1815, fiction, Fiction in English, English literature, Fiction, general, Fiction, historical, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), History, Naval, Peninsular War, 1807-1814, Sea stories, World War, 1939-1945, Children's fiction, English Sea stories, Large type books, British Naval operationsPlaces
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Horatio Hornblower, Louis XIV King of France (1638-1715), C. S. Forester (1899-1966), Christopher Columbus, Horatio (Fictitious character) Hornblower, Horatio Nelson Nelson Viscount (1758-1805), Napoleon I Emperor of the French (1769-1821), Victor Emmanuel II King of Italy (1820-1878), Admirals, Amiraux, Archie, Carlos, Cecil Scott Forester (1899-1966), Duncan Ross, Fortunato, Horatio Hornblower (Fictitious character), Horatio Nelson Nelson Viscount, Jabez Wilson, John Clay, John H. Watson, Jorge of the Gun, Joséphine Empress, Consort of Napoléon I, Emperor of the French (1763-1814), Lady Fortunato, Luchresi, MarineTime
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- Wikidata: Q430182
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- Cecil Scott Forester
- C.S. Forester
- Cecil S. Forester
- Cecil Louis Troughton Smith
- Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester
- C. S. C. S. Forester
- C. S. C. S. FORESTER
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