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C. S. Forester
Sign in to saveAlso known as Cecil Lewis Troughton Smith, Cecil Scott Forester
British novelist, "Hornblower" author (1899–1966)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 27 Aug 1899
- Died
- 2 Apr 1966
- Works
- 562
Top works
- Long before forty
- The ship
- Commodore Hornblower
- Captain Hornblower, RN
- Lord Hornblower
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Film & TV
Writing · Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt [now Egypt]
Cecil Scott "C.S." Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith (27 August 1899 — 2 April 1966), an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. His most notable works were the 11-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen (1935; filmed in 1951 by John Huston). His novels A Ship of the Line and…
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1899
- Active to
- 1966
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 35
- Total plays
- 873
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- DL_POLY_2.0: A general-purpose parallel molecular dynamics simulation package
· 1996 · cited 2,109x
- Spatial memory and animal movement
· 2013 · cited 562x
- Comparing methods for detecting multilocus adaptation with multivariate genotype–environment associations
· 2018 · cited 528x
- Preterm neonatal morbidity and mortality by gestational age: a contemporary cohort
· 2016 · cited 473x
- Dynamic patterns and ecological impacts of declining ocean pH in a high-resolution multi-year dataset
· 2008 · cited 449x
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Quotes
- “When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument.”
- “"I did not ask for objections, but for comments, or helpful suggestions. I looked for more loyalty from you, Captain Hornblower." That made the whole argument pointless. If Leighton only wanted servile agreement there was no sense in continuing.”
- “The lucky man is he who knows how much to leave to chance.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Cairo
- Place of death
- Fullerton
- Occupation
- war correspondent
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- war journalism
- Image
- C. S. Forester in 1939.jpg
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1899-08-27
- date of death
- 1966-04-02
- pseudonym
- C. S. Forester
- cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- writing language
- English language
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- birth name
- Cecil Lewis Troughton Smith
- manner of death
- natural causes
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