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HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 340 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HERBERT, See also:HENRY See also:WILLIAM [" See also:Frank Forester "1 (1807-1858), See also:English novelist and writer on See also:sport, son of the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert, See also:dean of See also:Manchester, a son of the first See also:earl of See also:Carnarvon, was See also:born in See also:London on the 3rd of See also:April 1807. He was educated at See also:Eton and at See also:Caius See also:College, See also:Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1830. Having become involved in See also:debt, he emigrated to See also:America, and from 1831 to 1839 was teacher of See also:Greek in a private school in New See also:York. In 1833 he started the See also:American Monthly See also:Magazine, which he edited, in See also:conjunction with A. D. Patterson, till 1835. In 1834 he published his first novel, The See also:Brothers: a See also:Tale of the See also:Fronde, which was followed by a number of others which obtained a certain degree of popularity. He also wrote a See also:series of See also:historical studies, including The Cavaliers of See also:England (1852), The Knights of England, See also:France and See also:Scotland (1852), The Chevaliers of France (1853), and The Captains of the Old See also:World (1851); but he is best known for his See also:works on sport, published under the See also:pseudonym of " Frank Forester." These include The See also:Field See also:Sports of the See also:United States and See also:British Provinces (1849), Frank Forester and his See also:Friends (1849), The See also:Fish and Fishing of the United States (1850), The See also:Young Sportsman's See also:Complete See also:Manual (1852), and The See also:Horse and See also:Horsemanship in the United States and British Provinces of See also:North America (1858). He also translated many of the novels of See also:Eugene See also:Sue and See also:Alexandre See also:Dumas. Herbert was a See also:man of varied accomplishments, but of somewhat dissipated habits. He died by his own See also:hand in New York on the 17th of May 1858.

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