J. Bruce Ismay
Chairman of White Star shipping line (1862-1937) · United Kingdom · Founders · Died at 74
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Something wrong?Joseph Bruce Ismay was an English businessman and shipowner who was the chairman and managing director of the White Star Line, and President of the International Mercantile Marine Company until his retirement in 1913.
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![Within five days of the sinking, The New York Times published several columns relating to Ismay's conduct - concerning which "there has been so much comment".[13] Columns included the statement of passenger Karl Behr indicating Ismay had helped supervise loading of passengers in lifeboats, and of William E. Carter stating that he and Ismay boarded a lifeboat only after there were no more women.[13]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/19120420_J._Bruce_Ismay_Testifying_at_the_Senate_Inquiry_-_The_New_York_Times.png/1280px-19120420_J._Bruce_Ismay_Testifying_at_the_Senate_Inquiry_-_The_New_York_Times.png)
Within five days of the sinking, The New York Times published several columns relating to Ismay's conduct - concerning which "there has been so much comment".[13] Columns included the statement of passenger Karl Behr indicating Ismay had helped supervise loading of passengers in lifeboats, and of William E. Carter stating that he and Ismay boarded a lifeboat only after there were no more women.[13]
Drawing from the 1912 book Wreck and sinking of the Titanic criticising Ismay by comparing his survival to a list of notable individuals who perished with Titanic
Ismay's family grave at Putney Vale Cemetery, London (2014)
Gravestone inscriptions:
They that go down to the sea
in ships and occupy their
business in great waters
These men see the works of the
Lord and His wonders in the deep
To the glory of God and in memory of
Bruce Ismay died October 17, 1937
his wife Julia Florence Ismay
died December 31, 1963Family
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Lived 1862 to 1937 · aged 74
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