Lawrence Beesley
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| Lawrence Beesley | |
| Born | December 31, 1877 Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England |
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| Died | February 14, 1967 (aged 89) |
| Occupation | teacher, journalist, author |
Lawrence Beesley (born December 31, 1877 — died February 14, 1967), was an English teacher, journalist and author who was a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. He was born in Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
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[edit] Education
Beesley was educated at Derby School, where he was a scholar, and afterwards at Caius College, Cambridge, again as a scholar. He took a First Class degree in the Natural Science tripos in 1903.
[edit] Career
Beginning as a schoolmaster at Wirksworth Grammar School, he moved to Dulwich College, where he was a science master.
[edit] RMS Titanic
One of the survivors of the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912, Beesley wrote a successful book about his experience, The Loss of the SS Titanic (June, 1912), published just nine weeks after the disaster.
During the filming of A Night to Remember (1958), Beesley famously gatecrashed the set during the sinking scene, hoping to ‘go down with the ship’ a second time. But he was spotted by the director, Roy Ward Baker, who vetoed this unscheduled appearance, due to actors' union rules.
[edit] Publication
- The Loss of the SS Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons, by One of the Survivors (June, 1912)
- The Loss of the SS Titanic (new edidion, Mariner Books, 2000) ISBN-10 0618055312
[edit] External links
- Works by Lawrence Beesley at Project Gutenberg
- The Loss of the S.S. Titanic
- Lawrence Beesley: Celebrated Titanic Survivor by Peter Seddon
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