![]() He eventually settled in Berkeley, California. His elder son, John Forester, wrote a biography of his father.ĭuring World War II, Forester moved to the United States where he worked for the British Information Service and wrote propaganda to encourage the US to join the Allies. He married Kathleen Belcher in 1926, had two sons (John and George Forester) and divorced in 1945. In about 1921, after studying medicine for several years, he left academia and began writing seriously using his pen name." ![]() Later, trying to enlist in the army he failed his physical and was told there was not a chance that we would be accepted even though he was of good height and somewhat athletic. ![]() "Forester had always worn glasses and been thin. ![]() His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.įorester was born in Cairo and, after a family breakup at an early age, he moved with his mother to London and was educated at Alleyn's School, Dulwich College, south London, and Guy's Hospital, London, but did not complete his studies at the last named. His most notable works were the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen (1935 filmed in 1951 by John Huston). 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. ![]()
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