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Frederick Marryat

1792 - 1848

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Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) 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). In addition, he developed a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frederick Marryat is the 2,063rd most popular writer (up from 2,628th in 2019), the 1,816th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,949th in 2019) and the 196th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Frederick Marryat ranks 2,063 out of 7,302. Before him are Tom Wolfe, William of Moerbeke, Maria Konopnicka, Rhonda Byrne, Johann Karl August Musäus, and James E. Gunn. After him are Maria Gripe, Hermann Sudermann, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Aloysius Bertrand, Carl Sandburg, and Sabahattin Ali.

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Among people born in 1792, Frederick Marryat ranks 30. Before him are David Sassoon, Francisco de Paula Santander, Maria Beatrice of Savoy, Francisco Morazán, Sarah Moore Grimké, and John Bowring. After him are Gustav Schwab, George M. Dallas, Ferdinand Christian Baur, Manuel Oribe, Andrés de Santa Cruz, and Mangas Coloradas. Among people deceased in 1848, Frederick Marryat ranks 26. Before him are Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Thomas Cole, John Jacob Astor, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, and Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este. After him are Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom, Horace Wells, Georg August Goldfuss, Robert Darwin, Joseph Görres, and Christen Købke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Marryat ranks 1,816 out of 8,785. Before him are Kate Sheppard (1848), Nehemiah Grew (1641), Samuel Bellamy (1689), James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1531), Terry Cooper (1944), and Brian Clough (1935). After him are Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451), Dominic Purcell (1970), Donovan (1946), Jerry Springer (1944), Christopher Isherwood (1904), and Tony Martin (1957).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Frederick Marryat ranks 196. Before him are Robert Southey (1774), George Meredith (1828), Robert Chambers (1802), Philip Sidney (1554), Anne Perry (1938), and George MacDonald (1824). After him are Christopher Isherwood (1904), Marjorie Boulton (1924), Kingsley Amis (1922), Arthur Young (1741), Richard Aldington (1892), and Brian Aldiss (1925).

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