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During the filming of ''[[A Night to Remember (1958 film)|A Night to Remember]]'' (1958), Beesley famously gatecrashed the set during the sinking scene, hoping to ‘go down with the ship’ that time. But he was spotted by the director, [[Roy Ward Baker]], who vetoed this unscheduled appearance, due to actors' union rules. These events are parodied in [[Julian Barnes]]' novel ''A History of the World in 10.5 Chapters'', where Beesley makes a brief appearance as a fictional character. |
During the filming of ''[[A Night to Remember (1958 film)|A Night to Remember]]'' (1958), Beesley famously gatecrashed the set during the sinking scene, hoping to ‘go down with the ship’ that time. But he was spotted by the director, [[Roy Ward Baker]], who vetoed this unscheduled appearance, due to actors' union rules. These events are parodied in [[Julian Barnes]]' novel ''A History of the World in 10.5 Chapters'', where Beesley makes a brief appearance as a fictional character. |
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Lawrence Beesley | |
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| Born | 31 December 1877 |
| Died | 14 February 1967 (aged 89) |
| Occupation(s) | teacher, journalist, author |
Lawrence Beesley (31 December 1877 – 14 February 1967) was a Science teacher, journalist and author who was a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. He was born in Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
Education
Beesley was educated at Derby School, where he was a scholar, and afterwards at Caius College, Cambridge, again as a scholar. He took a First Class degree in the Natural Science tripos in 1903.[1]
Career
Beginning as a schoolmaster at Wirksworth Grammar School, he moved to Dulwich College, where he was a science master. In 1957 he was still teaching as Principal of the Northwood School of Coaching, Northwood, Middlesex.
RMS Titanic
One of the survivors of the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912, Beesley wrote a successful book about his experience, The Loss of the SS Titanic (June, 1912), published just nine weeks after the disaster. He saw two second class women who tried to get on a lifeboat, who were told to go back to their own deck, that their lifeboats were waiting there.
During the filming of A Night to Remember (1958), Beesley famously gatecrashed the set during the sinking scene, hoping to ‘go down with the ship’ that time. But he was spotted by the director, Roy Ward Baker, who vetoed this unscheduled appearance, due to actors' union rules. These events are parodied in Julian Barnes' novel A History of the World in 10.5 Chapters, where Beesley makes a brief appearance as a fictional character. sex is so nice
Publication
- The Loss of the SS Titanic: Its Story and Its Lessons, by One of the Survivors (June, 1912)
- The Loss of the SS Titanic (new edition, Mariner Books, 2000) ISBN 0618055312
External links
- Works by Lawrence Beesley at Project Gutenberg
- The Loss of the S.S. Titanic
- The Loss of the S.S. Titanic in mobipocket format with images - bottom of page
- Lawrence Beesley Death Certificate on Titanic-Titanic.com
- Lawrence Beesley: Celebrated Titanic Survivor by Peter Seddon
References
- ^ "Beesley, Lawrence (BSLY900L)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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