Captain Frederick Marryat (July 10, 1792 - August 9, 1848) was an English novelist, 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". Wikipedia
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One of the fathers of the sea story, Marryat's autobiographical, adult and children's stories influenced later writers from Cooper to Conrad to O'Brian. www.riapress.com/riapress/author.lasso?goto=6
Frederick Marryat, a model young scamp at Mr Freemans Academy in Ponders End (London), ran away twice with the intention of going to sea. www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=37651
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