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Arthur Rostron

1869 - 1940

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Sir Arthur Henry Rostron, KBE, RD (14 May 1869 – 4 November 1940) was a British merchant seaman and a seagoing officer for the Cunard Line. He is best known as the captain of the ocean liner RMS Carpathia, when it rescued the survivors from the RMS Titanic after the ship sank in 1912 in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean. Rostron won wide praise for his energetic efforts to reach the Titanic before she sank, and his efficient preparations for and conduct of the rescue of the survivors. He was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal by the United States Congress, and in 1926, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Rostron is the 1,074th most popular military personnel (up from 1,132nd in 2019), the 2,137th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,935th in 2019) and the 47th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Arthur Rostron ranks 1,074 out of 2,058. Before him are Rostam Farrokhzad, Martin Gottfried Weiss, Otto Lasch, Semyon Kurkotkin, Maximilian de Angelis, and Wilhelm Falley. After him are Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, Charles Eugène de Croÿ, Thomas Nelson Jr., Danylo Apostol, and Max Pauly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Arthur Rostron ranks 75. Before him are Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, Valdemar Poulsen, Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria, Algernon Blackwood, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, and Paul Émile Chabas. After him are Slobodan Jovanović, Philip de László, Ben Turpin, Rihard Jakopič, Ludwig von Reuter, and Léon Brunschvicg. Among people deceased in 1940, Arthur Rostron ranks 83. Before him are José Félix Estigarribia, Alfred Fowler, Udham Singh, K. B. Hedgewar, Madeleine Astor, and Cai Yuanpei. After him are Édouard Branly, Yevhen Petrushevych, Gaston Billotte, Ben Turpin, Henri Desgrange, and Ernst Weiss.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Rostron ranks 2,137 out of 8,785. Before him are Sam Worthington (1976), George Whitefield (1714), Rebecca West (1892), Archibald Leitch (1865), Caratacus (15), and Donald Maclean (1913). After him are James Dyson (1947), Bernard Williams (1929), Dick Taylor (1943), Rædwald of East Anglia (550), Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847), and Vanessa Bell (1879).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Arthur Rostron ranks 47. Before him are Henry Allingham (1896), Andrew Parker Bowles (1939), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), Richard Dannatt (1950), James Wolfe (1727), and Robert Blake (1599). After him are Horatio Gates (1727), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775), Arthur Percival (1887), and Robert Maynard (1684).

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