Cecil Scott "C.S." Forester was the pen name of Cecil Louis Troughton Smith , an English novelist who rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. His most notable works were the 12-book Horatio Hornblower series, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and The African Queen . His novels A Ship of the Line and Flying Colours were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Forester was born in Cairo and educated at Alleyn's School, Dulwich College, and Guy's Hospital, but did not complete his studies at the last named. He married Kathleen Belcher in... 1926, had two sons and divorced in 1945. His elder son, John Forester wrote a biography of his father. During World War II, Forester moved to the United States where he wrote propaganda to encourage that country to join the Allies. He eventually settled in Berkeley, California. While living in Washington, D.C., he met a young British intelligence officer named Roald Dahl, of whose experiences in the RAF he had heard word, and encouraged him to write about them.
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| Birthdate: | August 27, 1899 |
| Birthplace: | Cairo |
| Date of death: | April 2, 1966 |
| Education: | King's College London, Dulwich College |
| Also known as: | Cecil Louis Troughton Smith, C.S. Forester |