FORESTER, C(ecil) S(cott)
- FORESTER, C(ecil) S(cott)
(1899-1966)
UK writer best known for his work outside the sf field, especially the Horatio Hornblower novels (from 1937). In addition to several sf stories - including the substantial HITLER-WINS novella, "If Hitler had Invaded England" (1960), which was posthumously collected inGold from Crete (coll 1971) - he published a novel, The Peacemaker (1934 US), about a pacifist mathematician and schoolteacher who tries to force peace on the world through his invention of a magnetic disruptor that stops machinery. He fails.
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Other works: Poo-Poo and the Dragons (1942 US), a juvenile fantasy.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia.
Academic.
2011.
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Forester, C(ecil) S(cott) — For·est·er (fôrʹĭ stər, fŏrʹ ), C(ecil) S(cott). 1899 1966. British writer known for his adventure novels set during the Napoleonic Wars and featuring Horatio Hornblower. * * * born Aug. 27, 1899, Cairo, Egypt died April 2, 1966, Fullerton, Calif … Universalium
Forester, C(ecil) S(cott) — (27 ago. 1899, El Cairo, Egipto–2 abr. 1966, Fullerton, Cal., EE.UU.). Novelista y periodista británico. Forester abandonó la medicina por la literatura, ganando popularidad inmediata con su primera novela, Payment Deferred [Pago diferido] (1926) … Enciclopedia Universal
Forester — [fôr′is tər, fär′is tər] C(ecil) S(cott) 1899 1966; Eng. novelist … English World dictionary
Forester — biographical name C(ecil) S(cott) 1899 1966 British writer … New Collegiate Dictionary
Forester — /fawr euh steuhr, for /, n. C(ecil) S(cott), 1899 1966, English novelist and journalist. * * * … Universalium
Forester — For•est•er [[t]ˈfɔr ə stər, ˈfɒr [/t]] n. big C(ecil) S(cott), 1899–1966, English novelist … From formal English to slang
Forester — /ˈfɒrəstə/ (say foruhstuh) noun C(ecil) S(cott), 1899–1966, English novelist; best known for a series of historical novels on the Napoleonic Wars depicting the career of Captain Horatio Hornblower …
Cecil — Cecil, William, barón de Burghley * * * (as used in expressions) Lawrence Cecil Adler Beaton, Sir Cecil (Walter Hardy) Cecil, Robert, 1 conde de Salisbury Cecil, William, 1 barón de Burghley Day Lewis, C(ecil) DeMille, Cecil B(lount) Forester,… … Enciclopedia Universal
Scott — Scott, David Scott, Robert Falcon Scott, Walter * * * (as used in expressions) James Scott Connors Dred Scott, sentencia Dred Scott v. Sandford Fitzgerald, F(rancis) Scott (Key) Forester, C(ecil) S(cott) Haldane, John Scott Hancock, Winfield… … Enciclopedia Universal
