- Lawrence Beesley
Infobox Person
name = Lawrence Beesley
birth_date = birth date|1877|12|31|mf=y
birth_place =Wirksworth ,Derbyshire ,England
death_date = death date and age|1967|2|14|1877|12|31|mf=y
occupation = teacher, journalist, authorLawrence Beesley (born
December 31 ,1877 — diedFebruary 14 ,1967 ), was an Englishteacher ,journalist andauthor who was a survivor of the sinking of the RMS "Titanic". He was born inWirksworth ,Derbyshire .Education
Beesley was educated at
Derby School , where he was a scholar, and afterwards atCaius College, Cambridge , again as a scholar. He took a First Class degree in the Natural Science tripos in 1903.Career
Beginning as a schoolmaster at Wirksworth Grammar School, he moved to
Dulwich College , where he was a science master. In 1957 he was still teaching as Principal of the Northwood School of Coaching, Northwood, Middlesex.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.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 0618055312External links
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* [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6675 "The Loss of the S.S. Titanic"]
* [http://www.youandyesterday.co.uk/articles/Beesley%2C_Lawrence_-_Celebrated_Titanic_Survivor "Lawrence Beesley: Celebrated Titanic Survivor by Peter Seddon"]References
* [http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/biography/345/ Lawrence Beesley at encyclopedia-titanica.org]
* [http://www.amazon.com/Loss-S-S-Titanic-Lessons-Survivors/dp/0618055312 The Loss of the S.S. Titanic at amazon.com]
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