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1899 - Born on August 27th in Cairo, Egypt. British historical novelist, biographer, and journalist, best-known as the creator of Horatio Hornblower, a swashbuckling hero and naval officer in Nelson's time, whose career is told in a series of a dozen books.
1915 - Forester was educated at Alleyne's School and he entered Dulwich College.
1921 - Abandoned his studies for writing, taking the pen name Cecil Scott Forester.
1926 - Married to Kathleen Belcher.
1929 - He wrote novels and biographies, among others Napoleon and His Court, and Josephine, Napoleon's Empress, and novels Payment Deferred, which gained critical success, and Brown on Resolution.
1932 - Forester was offered a Hollywood contract.
1935-1938 - He wrote novels "The African Queen", "The Happy Return" and "Ship of the Line".
1939 - He reported on the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.
1943 - Forester's writing career stopped for some years when he was stricken with arteriosclerosis.
1946 - Married to Dorothy Ellen Foster on May.
1961 - Forester continued to write after a severe heart attack and was later on paralyzed.
1966 - Died on April 2nd in Fullerton, California.
1915 - Forester was educated at Alleyne's School and he entered Dulwich College.
1921 - Abandoned his studies for writing, taking the pen name Cecil Scott Forester.
1926 - Married to Kathleen Belcher.
1929 - He wrote novels and biographies, among others Napoleon and His Court, and Josephine, Napoleon's Empress, and novels Payment Deferred, which gained critical success, and Brown on Resolution.
1932 - Forester was offered a Hollywood contract.
1935-1938 - He wrote novels "The African Queen", "The Happy Return" and "Ship of the Line".
1939 - He reported on the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.
1943 - Forester's writing career stopped for some years when he was stricken with arteriosclerosis.
1946 - Married to Dorothy Ellen Foster on May.
1961 - Forester continued to write after a severe heart attack and was later on paralyzed.
1966 - Died on April 2nd in Fullerton, California.
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