2009/2010 Horatio Nelson Early life Horatio Nelson was born in England on September 29, 1758, along the Norfolk shore at Burnham Thorpe His mother died when he was nine At the age of 12, Nelson joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman His naval career began on January 1, 1771, when he reported to the third-rate Raisonnable as an Ordinary Seaman and coxswain Early life Shortly after reporting aboard, Nelson was appointed a midshipman and began officer training By 1777 he had risen to the rank of lieutenant In 1779 he became a captain Mediterranean His early years of service were in the West Indies but in 1793 took the helm of HMS Agamemnon patrolling the Mediterranean In 1794 he was shot in the face during a joint operation at Calvi, Corsica, which cost him both half of his right eyebrow and the sight in his right eye Battles 1797- the Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797- the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Nelson
J.F.Cooper(1789-1851): he was born in Burlington, New Jersey in 1789. When he expelled from Yale bacause of prank, he joined the navy as a midshipman. In 1810 he took a furlough and never returned to active duty. He married with Susan De Lancy and got 5 children. They lived Europe, but returned to America because he was unpopular in Europe. In 1920 je published his first fiction "Precaution", in 1821 the second one "The Spy". His third book "The Pioneers" was the first of five novels. He died at Cooperstown in 1851. He was immensely popular writer and he considered to be the first major American novelist. R.L
His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. He lived most of his life in Cooperstown, New York, established by his father William. Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and in his later years contributed generously to it. He attended Yale University for three years but was expelled for misbehavior. Before embarking on his career as a writer he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous seastories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among naval historians his works on early U.S. naval history have been widely received but were sometimes criticized by Cooper's contemporaries. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.
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