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English novelist who is best remembered for his children's novel The Children of the New Forest and for his sea novels. Born in London, he joined the Royal Navy in 1806 as a midshipman. In 1809 Marryat contracted malaria and returned to England to recuperate before joining the crew of HMS Centaur. In 1815 he reached the rank of commander. In 1819 he married Catherine Shairp, with whom he had four sons and seven daughters. He was given the rank of captain in 1824 and he continued his career in the Royal Navy until 1830 when he resigned his commission to concentrate on writing full time. His biggest literary success came in 1836 with the publication of Mr Midshipman Easy, and by 1939 he was moving in the same literary circles as Charles Dickens. His work was much admired by Joseph Conrad and Ernest Hemingway and paved the way for later works by C. S. Forester and Patrick O'Brian.



(1792-1848)
English novelist who is best remembered for his children's novel The Children of the New Forest and for his sea novels. Born in London, he joined the Royal Navy in 1806 as a midshipman. In 1809 Marryat contracted malaria and returned to England to recuperate before joining the crew of HMS Centaur. In 1815 he reached the rank of commander. In 1819 he married Catherine Shairp, with whom he had four sons and seven daughters. He was given the rank of captain in 1824 and he continued his career in the Royal Navy until 1830 when he resigned his commission to concentrate on writing full time. His biggest literary success came in 1836 with the publication of Mr Midshipman Easy, and by 1939 he was moving in the same literary circles as Charles Dickens. His work was much admired by Joseph Conrad and Ernest Hemingway and paved the way for later works by C. S. Forester and Patrick O'Brian. Andrew and St Mary's church, Langham, Norfolk, England Photo by Clive & Chris		Search By:
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Peter Simple(1834) Mr Midshipman Easy (1836)	Masterman Ready (1841) The Children of the New Forest (1847)
BIOGRAPHY
The Life of Captain Frederick Marryat by David Hannay