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Edward Smith
captain of the RMS Titanic
browse: sailors
dead
- born
- 1850
- died
- 1912
- age at death
- 62
- known for
- sailor, sea captain
1850 β 1912

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who edward smith is
Commander Edward John Smith was a British merchant sea captain and naval officer, best known as the captain of the ill-fated ocean liner RMS Titanic.
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