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Education
  
Frensham Heights School

Children
  
Deborah Moggach

Movies
  
The Bounty

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Died
  
7 October 1999, London, United Kingdom

Books
  
Captain Bligh & Mr Christian, FLEET THAT HAD TO DIE, The Great War at Sea - 1914‑1918, Captain James Cook, The hunting of Force Z

Similar
  
John Fryer, Fletcher Christian, William Bligh, Robert Bolt, Deborah Moggach

Richard Alexander Hough (pronounced how; 15 May 1922 - 7 October 1999) was a British author and historian specializing in maritime history.

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Personal life

Hough married the author Charlotte Woodyatt, who he had met when they were pupils at Frensham Heights School, and they had five children including the author Deborah Moggach.

Literary career

Hough won the Daily Express Best Book of the Sea Award in 1972.

After leaving school, he joined the RAF (Royal Air Force) at the beginning of World War II and received his initial flight training at an airfield not far from Hollywood. He later flew Hurricanes and Typhoons.

He also wrote under the nom de plume Bruce Carter.

Among the 90 books he wrote were:

  • Into a Strange Lost World (1952), aka The Perilous Descent into a Strange Lost World
  • The Deadly Freeze (1976)
  • Buzzbugs (1977)
  • Nightworld (1987)
  • The Kidnapping of Kensington, aka The Children Who Stayed Behind
  • The Fight of the Few (1980)
  • Wings Against the Sky (1979)

    • References

    Richard Hough Wikipedia
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