Frederick Marryat
Novelist, Author
1792 – 1848
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Who was Frederick Marryat?
Captain Frederick Marryat was a British Royal Navy officer, novelist, and a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.
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- Born
- Jul 10, 1792
London - Also known as
- Captain Frederick Marryat
- Capt. Marrayat, R. N.
- Captain Marryat
- Capt. Marryat
- Frederick 'Captain' Marryat
- Frederick Marryat
- Parents
- Spouses
- Catherine Shairp
(1819/01/21 - 1848/08/09)
- Catherine Shairp
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Died
- Aug 9, 1848
Langham
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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