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  • Titanic Passengers: Notable Passengers On Board the Titanic

    We have already written about the Titanic passengers considered as a group of individuals, who, although all on the same doomed ship, where not all equally likely to meet destruction the night the Titanic sank. This is made plain enough by an analysis of the demographics of the Titanic passengers who died. Men were disproportionately likely to die – around 1,514 people died when the Titanic sank, 1,352 of whom were men (i.e., not women or children) – and passengers with lower class tickets were more likely to die than First Class passengers. The fact that not all Titanic passengers were equally likely to die is also made evident when you look at the individual passengers on board the ship. And for reasons unrelated to the unfairness that characterized the Titanic tragedy, it is still quite interesting to look at some of the more notable passengers on the Titanic. And so we will… Read more […]

  • The Titanic Passengers

    How many passengers were on the Titanic? Strangely, given the extraordinary level and scope of attention that has been given to the Titanic wreck, it is not known exactly how many people were on board the Titanic ship. But before getting into the specifics, it should be noted that people often wonder about the number of “Titanic passengers,” or they ask questions about how many “passengers” died on the Titanic, but for the most part these people are not only referring to the Titanic passengers, but also the crew members of the Titanic as well. This is helpful to keep in mind because technically there is a distinction between the passengers on the Titanic and its crew members, even if in common parlance “Titanic passengers” covers both. Usage notes aside, we have a fairly good idea of how many people were on board the ship (including both the Titanic crew members and passengers), and by extension we also have a more or less accurate view of the number of people who survived the wreck and the number of people who did not. Read more […]
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