C. S. Forester

Cecil Louis Troughton Smith

Born August 27, 1899· Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt [now Egypt]

† Died April 2, 1966

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Born in Cairo to an English teacher and his wife, he was sent to London after his parents’ separation, attended Alleyn’s School and Dulwich College, and briefly pursued medical studies at Guy’s Hospital before abandoning the degree to focus on writing. His literary reputation rests chiefly on the twelve-volume Horatio Hornblower saga, chronicling a Royal Navy officer’s rise during the Napoleonic W… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources