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a fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester
Source: WordNetA few years later, he appeared in Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) as a Spanish captain. Source: Internet
His passion for the sea made his recent work with C.S. Forster's Horatio Hornblower series a natural extension of his interests. Source: Internet
Roddenberry often humorously referred to Captain Kirk as "Horatio Hornblower in Space". citation Roddenberry had extensive experience in writing for series about the Old West that had been popular television fare earlier in the 1960s and the 1950s. Source: Internet
The author has stated that the series structure is modeled after the Horatio Hornblower books, documenting the life of a single person. Source: Internet
This included his ship location from Hawaii Passage and added a Horatio Hornblower character, plus the multi-racial crew from his airship idea. Source: Internet