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Titanic

Captain Edward John Smith

Age: 62
Height: 5'8" (173cm)
Complexion: Unknown
Hair Colour: Unknown
Eye Colour: Unknown (possibly grey)

Notes: In his Extra Master's application (1888) where the applicant is to fill in his height and other descriptive information this has frustratingly been crossed out, either by Smith or the examiner. The reason for this is unknown. The height of 5'8" is deduced upon photograph evidence and is based on several photographs in which in relationship to other officers he is slightly shorter. It is also interesting to note he failed in "Navigation".

Biographical Information:

Summary

The legendary "Millionaire's Captain" was actually born to working class parents (a pottery presser and grocer) in a landlocked area of England. Thanks to inspiration from his older half brother Joseph, who was a captain, Smith was able to change jobs from a labourer at age 15 to an ordinary sailor, quickly gaining promotion to third mate on his first voyage after 14 men desert ship.

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Edward Smith (sea captain)

British merchant navy officer (1850–1912)

Edward John SmithRD RNR (27 January 1850 – 15 April 1912) was a British sea captain and naval officer. In 1880, he joined the White Star Line as an officer, beginning a long career in the British Merchant Navy. Smith went on to serve as the master of numerous White Star Line vessels. During the Second Boer War, he served in the Royal Naval Reserve, transporting British Imperial troops to the Cape Colony. Smith served as captain of the ocean liner Titanic, and went down with the ship when she sank on her maiden voyage.

Early life

Edward John Smith was born on 27 January 1850 on Well Street, Hanley, Staffordshire,^[1]^[2] England to Edward Smith, a potter, and Catherine Hancock, born Marsh, who married on 2 August 1841 in Shelton, Staffordshire.^{[citation needed]} His parents later owned a shop.

Smith attended the British School in Etruria, Staffordshire, until the age of 13 when he left and operated a steam hammer at the Etruria Forge. In 1867, he went to Liverpool at

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Edward John Smith

27 January 1850 – 15 April 1912

Although an experienced and long-serving skipper at the time he served as Captain of the Titanic, today – as then – there are mixed opinions on his performance in charge of the great ship. Smith’s judgement, decision-making, and his culpability (or otherwise) are still debated today. Here we present the key facts about the life and career of Captain Smith, and leave it to the reader to judge whether he was a hero or not.

Above: Titanic Captain Edward John Smith.

Early Life

27 January 1850 – the date of Captain Smith’s birth, in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

86 Well Street – the address in Hanley where Edward was born (note: the house number is often, and wrongly, quoted as 51; this is a misreading of a reference to the 1851 census, within which Smith first appears).

07 October 1864 – the date on which Smith’s father, Edward senior, died at home. Aged 59, he had finally succumbed to the phthisis (a form of pulmonary tuberc