Henry William Herbert pen name

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 Frank Forester, was an English

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 novel

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ist and writer on sport.

Biography

The son of the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert, Dean of Manchester

William Herbert, Dean of Manchester

William Herbert was a British botanist, poet, and clergyman. He served as a Member of Parliament for Hampshire from 1806 to 1807, and for Cricklade from 1811 to 1812.-Life:...

 (himself the son of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon

Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon

Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon PC , known as The Lord Porchester from 1780 to 1793, was a British Whig politician. He served as Master of the Horse from 1806 to 1807 in the Ministry of All the Talents headed by Lord Grenville.-Background and education:Herbert was the son of Major-General the...

), Herbert was born in London

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He was educated at Eton College

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 and at Caius College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA

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 in 1830. To escape his debts, he emigrated to the United States

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, and from 1831 to 1839 taught Greek

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 in a private school in New York City

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. In 1833 he started the American Monthly Magazine, which he edited, in conjunction with A. D. Patterson, till 1835.

In 1834 he published his first novel, The Brothers: a Tale of the Fronde

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, which was followed by a number of others that achieved popularity including:

• The Village Inn; or the Adventures of Bellechassaigne
• The Lord Of The Manor; or, Rose Castleton's Temptation: An Old English Story
• Guarica, the Charib Bride: A Legend of Hispaniola
• The Deerstalkers; or, Circumstantial Evidence: A Tale of the South-Western Counties
• The Fair Puritan. An historical romance of the Days of Witchcraft
• The Warwick Woodlands; or Things as They Were There
• The Roman Traitor; or the Days of Cicero, Cato and Cataline, A True Tale of The Republic
• Marmaduke Wyvil; or The Maid's Revenge

He also wrote a series of historical studies, including:

• The Cavaliers of England (1852)
• The Knights of England, France and Scotland (1852)
• The Chevaliers of France (1853)
• The Captains of the Old World; as Compared with the Great Modern Strategists (1851).
• Oliver Cromwell; or, England's Great Protector
• Memoirs Of Henry The Eighth Of England With The Fortunes And Characters Of His Six Wives

In addition to these works, he is best known for his works on sport, published under the pseudonym

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 of Frank Forester. These include:

• The Field Sports of the United States and British Provinces (1849)
• Frank Forester and his Friends (1849)
• The Fish and Fishing of the United States (1850)
• The Young Sportsman's Complete Manual (1852)
• The Horse and Horsemanship in the United States and British Provinces of North America (1858)

He also translated many of the novels of Eugène Sue

Eugène Sue

Joseph Marie Eugène Sue was a French novelist.He was born in Paris, the son of a distinguished surgeon in Napoleon's army, and is said to have had the Empress Joséphine for godmother. Sue himself acted as surgeon both in the Spanish campaign undertaken by France in 1823 and at the Battle of Navarino...

 and Alexandre Dumas, père

Alexandre Dumas, père

Alexandre Dumas, , born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world...

 into English. Herbert was a man of varied accomplishments, but of somewhat dissipated habits. He eventually committed suicide

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 in New York.

He contributed to one of the early sporting magazines in the United States, the Spirit of the Times

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The Spirit of the Times: A Chronicle of the Turf, Agriculture, Field Sports, Literature and the Stage was an American weekly newspaper published in New York City. The paper aimed for an upper-class readership made up largely of sportsmen. The Spirit also included humorous material, much of it based...

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