Margaret Brown - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Margaret Brown: Encyclopedia Ii - Margaret Brown - Humble Beginnings
Margaret was born in Hannibal, Missouri, one of six children of Irish immigrants. At 18, she moved to Leadville, Colorado, with her siste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Night To Remember: Encyclopedia Ii - A Night To Remember - Film
In 1958 Lord's book was adapted into the film A Night to Remember. Produced as a docudrama, the film was highly successful.[1] Filmed in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rms Titanic: Encyclopedia Ii - Rms Titanic - Maiden Voyage
The ship began its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, bound for New York City, New York, on Wednesday, April 10, 1912, with Captain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Unsinkable Molly Brown: Encyclopedia Ii - The Unsinkable Molly Brown - Movie Adaptation
MGM released a film version in 1964; the screenplay was adapted by Helen Deutsch and the film was directed by Charles Walters. It starred...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - A Night To Remember: Encyclopedia Ii - A Night To Remember - Book
Walter Lord had been interested in the sinking of the RMS Titanic since he was child and wrote A Night to Remember while working as a cop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rms Titanic: Encyclopedia Ii - Rms Titanic - Popular Culture
The sinking of Titanic has been the basis for many novels describing fictionalised events on board the ship. Many reference books about t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rms Titanic: Encyclopedia Ii - Rms Titanic - Comparable Maritime Disasters
Titanic was at the time one of the worst maritime disasters in history in terms of loss of life, a similar disaster of this scale having ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rms Titanic: Encyclopedia Ii - Rms Titanic - Aftermath And Consequences
As news of the disaster spread, many people were shocked that Titanic could sink with such great loss of life despite all of its technolo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rms Titanic: Encyclopedia Ii - Rms Titanic - Construction
The Titanic was a White Star Line ocean liner built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland, and was designed to compete wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rms Titanic: Encyclopedia Ii - Rms Titanic - Legends Myths And Controversy
RMS Titanic - Use of SOS. Despite popular belief, the sinking of Titanic was not the first time the internationally recognised Morse co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rms Titanic: Encyclopedia Ii - Rms Titanic - The Rediscovery Of Titanic
The idea of finding the wreck of Titanic, and even raising the ship from the ocean floor, had been around since shortly after the ship sa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rms Titanic: Encyclopedia Ii - Rms Titanic - Current Condition Of The Wreck
Many scientists, including Robert Ballard, are concerned that visits by tourists in submersibles and the recovery of artefacts are hasten...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Margaret Brown: Encyclopedia Ii - Margaret Brown - Later Fame
She went on to head the Titanic Survivors' Committee, participated in fundraising for victims of the sinking and helped to get a memorial...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Margaret Brown: Encyclopedia Ii - Margaret Brown - Rms Titanic Survivor
Margaret was on a European tour with her daughter Helen when she learned that her first grandson, Lawrence, was ill. She immediately book...   » Read the article