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Captain Frederick Marryat

Captain Frederick Marryat was both a Royal Navy officer and a novelist. He is now recognized as an early pioneer of nautical fiction, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836). He is especially famous for his children's novel, The Children of the New Forest (1847). In addition, he created a widely used marine flag signalling system known as Marryat's Code. Marryat was born on Great George Street in Westminster, London. His parents were Joseph Marryat, a ...See more