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Horatio is a character in William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. He was present on the field when King Hamlet (the father of the main character, Prince Hamlet ) defeated Fortinbras (the king of Norway ), and he has travelled to court from the University of Wittenberg (where he was familiar with Prince Hamlet) for the funeral of King Hamlet.
William Halsey, U.S. Navy admiral (a nickname he never used or answered to) William Nelson, ... "Hero of the Nile" – Horatio, Viscount Nelson, British admiral [51]
Horatio is an English male given name, an Italianized form [1] of the ancient Roman Latin nomen (name) Horatius, from the Roman gens (clan) Horatia.
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (/ ˈ k ɪ tʃ ɪ n ər /; 24 June 1850 – 5 June 1916) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. Kitchener came to prominence for his imperial campaigns, his involvement in the Second Boer War , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and his central role in the early part of the First World War .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 January 2025. This is a list of monarchs (and other royalty and nobility) sorted by nickname. This list is divided into two parts: Cognomens: Also called cognomina. These are names which are appended before or after the person's name, like the epitheton necessarium, or Roman victory titles. Examples ...
Horatio Hornblower, protagonist of a series of novels by C. S. Forester; John Silas Huntly, captain in The Survivors of the Chancellor; Captain Jat, sea captain of a number of stories by English writer William Hope Hodgson; Maak, ship's captain in the comic strip Maakies; Captain Horatio McCallister, recurring character from the TV series The ...
"Just like old times", the CSI replies (episode 5.17, "A Grizzly Murder"). Although Stetler often harasses Horatio, he has also been sympathetic and even helpful when he knew that he and the Crime Lab were being harassed/targeted by genuine bad guys. He tells Horatio to try to fight extradition when Horatio is arrested for the murder of Antonio ...
In his final moments, Hamlet names Prince Fortinbras of Norway as the probable heir to the throne. Horatio attempts to kill himself with the same poisoned wine, but is stopped by Hamlet, so he will be the only one left alive to give a full account of the story. He then wills the throne of Denmark to Fortinbras before dying.