Talk:Frederick Marryat

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Actually, I dropped the endless HMS on every ship name after typing them all in on the first draft, because it looked repetitive and useless. Going back and looking at the books in my library, I see that the abbrevs are almost never supplied even when they would be handy, as in detailed accounts of battles with ships of multiple navies intertwined. Manual of Style doesn't seem to comment tho, just wants to make sure we don't italicize the abbreviation. Stan Shebs 21:28 Feb 20, 2003 (UTC)

Didn't he also write "The Poacher"? Adam Cuerden 03:47, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Graham Greene was a fan: http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=BbnjmnBwjkWnBrTGX9TwykrSVrmtqr9Q

Mr Midshipman Easy was autobiographical?

Much of that story borders on the outlandish. Semi-autobiographical, maybe? --Badger151 01:39, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Marryat is supposed to have been the origin of the story concerning the American women who made panteloons for the "Limbs" of their piano to preserve modesty. I have not found a firm source for this one.Saxophobia 17:44, 26 August 2007 (UTC) Try "Diary in America" - his book from 1839 that is still in print. Barnaby the Scrivener (talk) 13:51, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

B-Class?

Wouldn't this article be better rated as Start-class? It is a well-written article, but I think it could use some work. Does anyone feel differently?--Heno (talk) 17:30, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

After seeing some other B-Class rated articles, I'm rescinding my comment about this article, which seems to meet the criteria.--Heno (talk) 02:24, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Photo

That photo is of Thomas Huxley, not Marryat. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.193.219.127 (talk) 11:35, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Agreed. I've removed it. It also looks dubiously sourced William M. Connolley (talk) 11:48, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Useless Link

The link to one of his works with Edward Howard redirects to a page full of a surprising number of dead folks named Edward Howard. If anyone knows which of these was his contemporary, feel free to patch that directly through. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.16.219.175 (talk) 03:42, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out. I've changed the link to Edward Howard (novelist). Barret (talk) 22:05, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

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Illustrator?

ULAN describes him "English draftsman, caricaturist, and copyist, 1792-1848". Did he illustrate some of his own fiction? --P64 (talk) 18:34, 22 December 2018 (UTC)

defender of the slave trade

emeritus professor of history at UCL Catherine Hall refers to Frederick Marryat's writings in defence of the slave trade. how do i reference a blog? https://lbsatucl.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/displaced-memories-of-slavery-and-slave-ownership-2/ The idea is likely in one of her books but I don't have it https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/legacies-of-british-slaveownership/reconfiguring-race/D9C5BAD21523EA0C13B035DD7B5525B4 Drobbler (talk) 16:54, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi Drobbler. The Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery is a reliable source and although this is a blog, Catherine Hall is clearly a reliable source too, so I think this would be fine to use as a citation. (You might get a warning about Wordpress, but it doesn't stop you publishing it - unless the site is also blacklisted, which I don't think this one would be.) Laterthanyouthink (talk) 01:43, 12 May 2022 (UTC)

thank you. I'm new to editing, and am not sure how to cite a source. can anyone help? Drobbler (talk) 22:57, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi Drobbler. Have a read of WP:CITE, and the cite web section will refer you to the template for general online sources, Template:Cite web. They can be created manually quite easily, but since someone directed it to me a while ago, I have been using the citer tool, which speeds things up, and in the case of your url above returns (set to dmy dates):

<ref name="Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery 2013">{{cite web | title=Displaced Memories of Slavery and Slave-ownership | website=Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery | date=9 May 2013 | url=https://lbsatucl.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/displaced-memories-of-slavery-and-slave-ownership-2/ | access-date=17 May 2022}}</ref>

It is pretty reliable, but always needs checking afterwards, as it occasionally switches title and website or makes other minor errors. For the above, I would remove or shorten the ref name (depending on whether it needs to be used more than once), and also wikilink the website, as we have an article for it. Have a go at adding to the article using this, and feel free to ping me if you have any further questions. The help desk or teahouse are also good places to get answers, and often sooner than the talk page of most articles. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 01:22, 17 May 2022 (UTC)

very helpful - thank you. Will get a grip on it Drobbler (talk) 20:10, 18 May 2022 (UTC)