
Bon on January 27, 1850 in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, Edward J. Smith was the captain of the luxury passenger liner RMS Titanic when it struck an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic. The epitome of a British naval officer, Captain Edward J. Smith chose to go down with his doomed ship. Captain Edward J. Smith died in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912.