Captain Edward Smith

E243213
British person human sea captain

Captain Edward Smith was the British sea captain best known for commanding the RMS Titanic on its ill-fated maiden voyage in 1912.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Edward John Smith 3
Captain Edward J. Smith 1
Captain Edward Smith canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British person ⓘ
human ⓘ
sea captain ⓘ
burialPlace body not recovered ⓘ
causeOfDeath drowning ⓘ
hypothermia ⓘ
child Helen Melville Smith ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1850-01-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1912-04-15 ⓘ
educatedAt Etruria Works ⓘ
surface form: Etruria British School
employer White Star Line ⓘ
familyName Smith ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
hasNationality British ⓘ
honorificPrefix Captain ⓘ
knownFor captain of RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage ⓘ
death in the sinking of RMS Titanic ⓘ
mannerOfDeath death at sea ⓘ
middleName John ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy Reserve ⓘ
surface form: Royal Naval Reserve
militaryRank Captain ⓘ
name Captain Edward Smith self-link ⓘ
surface form: Edward John Smith
notableWork command of RMS Titanic ⓘ
occupation merchant navy officer ⓘ
sea captain ⓘ
participantIn maiden voyage of RMS Titanic ⓘ
sinking of RMS Titanic ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hanley, Staffordshire, England ⓘ
Stoke-on-Trent ⓘ
surface form: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
placeOfDeath Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean
portrayedBy Bernard Hill ⓘ
portrayedIn Titanic ⓘ
surface form: 1997 film "Titanic"
promotedToCaptain 1887 ⓘ
religion Church of England ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Liverpool, Lancashire, England ⓘ
surface form: Liverpool, England

Southampton, Hampshire, England ⓘ
surface form: Southampton, England
sexOrGender male ⓘ
shipCommanded RMS Adriatic (1907) ⓘ
surface form: RMS Adriatic

RMS Baltic (1903) ⓘ
surface form: RMS Baltic

RMS Majestic ⓘ
RMS Olympic ⓘ
RMS Titanic ⓘ
SS Celtic ⓘ
spouse Sarah Eleanor Pennington ⓘ
startTimeOfService 1867 ⓘ
startTimeWithEmployer 1880 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bernard Hill → portrayed → Captain Edward Smith ⓘ
RMS Titanic → captain → Captain Edward Smith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Edward John Smith
Laurence Naismith → portrayed → Captain Edward Smith ⓘ
this entity surface form: Captain Edward J. Smith
Captain Edward Smith → name → Captain Edward Smith self-link ⓘ
subject surface form: Edward John Smith
this entity surface form: Edward John Smith
Captain Edward Smith in Titanic → basedOn → Captain Edward Smith ⓘ
subject surface form: Captain Edward Smith (Titanic, 1997 film)
this entity surface form: Edward John Smith
Captain Edward Smith in Titanic → realWorldCounterpart → Captain Edward Smith ⓘ
subject surface form: Captain Edward Smith (Titanic, 1997 film)
this entity surface form: Edward John Smith, captain of the real RMS Titanic