Edward Smith
Sailor, Disaster victim
1850 – 1912
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Who was Edward Smith?
Edward John Smith, RD, RNR was an English naval reserve officer who served as commanding officer of numerous White Star Line vessels. He is best known as the captain of the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic, which struck an iceberg and sank on 15 April 1912; Smith and over 1,500 others perished in the sinking. There is a statue of him in Beacon Park, Lichfield, England.
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- Born
- Jan 27, 1850
Hanley, Staffordshire - Also known as
- Captain Edward John Smith
- Edward John Smith
- Parents
- Spouses
- Sarah Eleanor Pennington
(1887/01/13 - 1912/04/15)
- Sarah Eleanor Pennington
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Employment
- Sea captain
- White Star Line
- Lived in
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Died
- Apr 15, 1912
Atlantic Ocean
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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