Frederick Marryat
British naval officer and novelist (1792-1848) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 56
Captain Frederick Marryat was a Royal Navy officer and novelist. He is noted today as an early pioneer of nautical fiction, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy (1836). He is remembered also for his children's novel The Children of the New Forest (1847).
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In addition, he developed a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code.
