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| Captain Horatio Hornblower |
A fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| HMS Crab (fictional Hornblower vessel) |
In C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower novel Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies, Hornblower's squadron consists of three frigates, and a couple of dozen brigs and schooners. In one section of the novel circumstances require Hornblower to hoist his flag in the very small schooner HMS Crab. In the novel Forester describes the schooner as having a crew of 16. (references) |
| Horatio Hornblower |
A fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Hornblower (TV series) |
Hornblower is the umbrella title of an acclaimed series of television drama programmes loosely based on C. S. Forester's novels about the character Horatio Hornblower, a British naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars. (references) |
| Hornblower and the Hotspur |
Hornblower and the Hotspur (published 1962) is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester. (references) |
| Hornblower in the West Indies |
Hornblower in the West Indies, or alternately Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies is one of the novels in the series CS Forester wrote about fictional Royal Navy officer Horatio Hornblower. (references) |
| Joseph Coerten Hornblower |
Joseph Coerten Hornblower (May 6, 1777 - June 11, 1864) was an American lawyer and jurist from Belleville, New Jersey. He was the Chief Justice of the New Jersey state Supreme Court. (references) |
| Josiah Hornblower |
Josiah Hornblower (February 23, 1729 - January 21, 1809) was an American and statesman from Belleville, New Jersey. He was a delegate for New Jersey in the Continental Congress in 1785 and 1786. Josiah Hornblower is also the name of the heir to the Vanderbilt/Whitney fortune and is featured in a documentary called Born Rich about the experience of growing up as the heir to one of the world's greatest fortunes. (references) |
| Josiah Vanderbilt/Whitney Hornblower |
Josiah Hornblower is heir to the Vanderbilt and Whitney Fortunes and featured in the HBO documentary, Born Rich. He was raised in New York City, and graduated with a B.A. and Phi Beta Kappa from Trinity College in Connecticut. Josiah has worked as an equity analyst at Grey Seifert and Co, an investment management company. He was also an analyst at Barrett Associates until 2004. He is currently an Associate, Resource Financial Fund Management at Ischus Capital, where he has worked since 2004. He is a Republican and is a cousin of New York socialite Whitney Miller. (references) |
| Lieutenant Hornblower |
Lieutenant Hornblower (published 1952) is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester, ISBN 1859989764. (references) |
| Lord Hornblower |
Lord Hornblower (published 1946) is a Horatio Hornblower novel written by C. S. Forester. (references) |
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