Frederic Kimber Seward: A Titanic Survivor’s Duty Beyond the Disaster
I have been learning about some of the people who were on the
Titanic, and I tell you the story of Frederic Kimber Seward.
He was born on the 23rd of March 1878 in Delaware. He studied
at Columbia University and then went on to study at New York Law School. By the
early twentieth century, he had built a career as a corporate lawyer in New
York.
In April 1912, he was returning from Europe on board the
Titanic. On the night of the tragic disaster, he had been in the first-class
lounge playing cards, he was likely relaxed and unaware of how quickly
everything would change. He was lucky enough to escape in Lifeboat 7, one of
the first lifeboats to leave.
After that terrible night, he became involved in legal
actions connected to the disaster and hr helped to honour the crew of the RMS
Carpathia, recognising their courage.
He continued his professional life, and contributed to
wartime efforts during the Second World War, before his death on the 7th of
December 1943 at the age of sixty-five.
How do you think survival might have shaped his views for
the rest of his life?
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