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Edward Smith

1850 - 1912

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Edward John Smith (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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Smith is the 97th most popular military personnel (down from 78th in 2019), the 299th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 176th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Military Personnel.

Edward Smith is most famous for being the captain of the Titanic.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Edward Smith ranks 97 out of 2,058. Before him are Alexander Suvorov, Albert Kesselring, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Walther von Brauchitsch, Wilhelm Canaris, and George S. Patton. After him are Ahmad Sanjar, Nestor Makhno, Andrea Doria, Robert E. Lee, John of Austria, and Lyudmila Pavlichenko.

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Among people born in 1850, Edward Smith ranks 8. Before him are Guy de Maupassant, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Robert Louis Stevenson, Karl Ferdinand Braun, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, and Henry Louis Le Chatelier. After him are Sofia Kovalevskaya, Eduard Bernstein, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Charles Richet, John Collier, and Mihai Eminescu. Among people deceased in 1912, Edward Smith ranks 11. Before him are August Strindberg, Thomas Andrews, Frédéric Passy, Auguste Beernaert, Jules Massenet, and Bram Stoker. After him are Frederick VIII of Denmark, Karl May, Jack Phillips, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, and W. T. Stead.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Smith ranks 299 out of 8,785. Before him are Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496), Francis William Aston (1877), George Best (1946), Alfred Marshall (1842), Saint Ursula (400), and Norman Haworth (1883). After him are John Sulston (1942), John Logie Baird (1888), Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (1936), John Law (1671), Peter Higgs (1929), and Harold Godwinson (1022).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Edward Smith ranks 6. Before him are Bernard Montgomery (1887), William Wallace (1270), Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857), Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758), and T. E. Lawrence (1888). After him are Claude Auchinleck (1884), John Hawkins (1532), Alexander Selkirk (1676), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Gertrude Bell (1868), and Captain Tom (1920).

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