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Edward J. Smith
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The “Millionaire's Captain” The Titanic
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View of the ROV Hercules investigating the stern of Titanic during a 2004 expedition deployed from the NOAA ship, the Ronald H. Brown. (disasters, ships)
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Sinking of the ocean liner the Titanic witnessed by survivors in lifeboats. May 15, 1912.
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The Largest Islands in the World
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7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals
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The Prado Museum facade at the Diego Velaszquez memorial. Established in 1819, the museum is considered the best collection of Spanish art and one of the world's finest collections of European art. Madrid, Spain
20 Paintings You Have to Visit at the Museo del Prado in Madrid
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Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)
The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad
Panama Canal infographic
Timeline and Map of the Panama Canal

Edward J. Smith: Facts & Related Content

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Born January 27, 1850 • Stoke-on-Trent • England
Died April 15, 1912 (aged 62) • Atlantic Ocean

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The “Millionaire's Captain”
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J. Bruce Ismay
J. Bruce Ismay
British businessman
Thomas Andrews
Thomas Andrews
Irish ship designer
William James Pirrie, Viscount Pirrie
William James Pirrie, Viscount Pirrie
Canadian shipwright
The “Unsinkable Molly Brown”
Molly Brown
American parvenue
Percy Bates
British shipowner
Plimsoll, Samuel
Samuel Plimsoll
British politician and social reformer
William Francis Gibbs
American architect and engineer
István, Count Széchenyi
Hungarian political reformer and writer
Henry Miller Shreve
American river captain and engineer
Daniel Keith Ludwig
American entrepreneur
Axel Ludvig Brostrom
Swedish ship owner
James Christie, the Younger
British auctioneer
Joseph C. Farman
British atmospheric scientist
Sir Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke
Sarawak raja
Dorothea Beale
English educator
James Albery
British dramatist
Melanie Janine Brown
British entertainer
John Baxter
British printer
John Spencer Curwen
British music publisher
James Christie, the Elder
British auctioneer

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