C. S. Forester

AKA:

Cecil Scott "C. S." Forester

Birth Name:

Cecil Louis Troughton Smith

Birth Date:

August 27, 1899

Birth Place:

Cairo, Egypt

Death Date:

April 2, 1966

Place of Death:

Fullerton, California

Age:

Cause of Death:

Decline from heart attack and stroke

Cemetery Name:

Loma Linda Memorial Park

Claim to Fame:

Writers and Poets

C.S. Forester is best known for his Horatio Hornblower series, 12 novels set during the Napoleonic Wars that track the adventures and the growth of a young Englishman in the Royal Navy. By 1937, he was well on the way to success with the publication of his first novel in the series. Another of his best-known works, The African Queen, was one of the many of his works that inspired screenplays—for both movies on the big screen and for television—that included some based on the Hornblower novels. Forester also wrote plays and children’s books, and, early in his career, he made contributions to the emerging genre of crime fiction. His masterpiece of suspense, Payment Deferred, foreshadowed the works of later practitioners of mystery fiction. Five biographies, some histories, and an early autobiography were also part of his varied output.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Loma Linda Memorial Park

701 E Bastanchury Road

Fullerton, California, 92835

USA

North America

Map:

Map of Loma Linda Memorial Park in Fullerton, California

Grave Location:

Coronita Lawn, Lot 22, Grave 12

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery make your way to the mausoleum. To the right is the Coronita Lawn section. Park in front of the flag on the right. Follow the curved sidewalk (staying to the right) to the row just past the first tree. Celebrated author C. S. Forester is the fourth marker on the right.