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FREDERICK CHAMIER (1796–1870)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 825 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FREDERICK CHAMIER (1796–1870)  ,
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English novelist, was the son of an Anglo-
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Indian official . In 1809 he entered the
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navy, and was in active service until 1827 . He retired in 1833, and was promoted to be captain in 1856 . On his retirement he settled near
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Waltham Abbey, and wrote several nautical novels on the lines popularized by Marryat, that had considerable success . These were The
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Life of a Sailor (1832), Ben Brace (1836), The
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Arethusa (1837),
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Jack Adams (1838), Tom Bowling (1841) and Jack Malcolm's Log (1846) . He wrote a number of otherbooks, and edited and brought down to 1827 James's
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Naval
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History (1837) .

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