Frederick Marryat
Frederick Marryat
Captain Frederick Marryatwas a British Royal Navy officer, a novelist, and an acquaintance of Charles Dickens'. He is noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story, particularly for his semi-autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy, for his children's novel The Children of the New Forest, and for a widely used system of maritime flag signalling, known as Marryat's Code...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth10 July 1792
Frederick Marryat quotes about
vegetables blood turnips
There's no getting blood out of a turnip.