Edward John Smith was the captain of the RMS Titanic. he was born on 27 January 1850, His parents later owned a shop. Smith attended the Etruria British School until the age of 13 when he went to Liverpool to begin a seafaring career. He began his apprenticeship on the Senator Weber owned by A Gibson & Co., Liverpool. On Tuesday 12 July 1887 Smith married Sarah Eleanor Pennington. Their daughter, Helen Melville Smith, was born in Waterloo, Liverpool, England, on Saturday 2 April 1898. During the voyage, Smith had been given several ice warnings from other ships in the Atlantic. He didn't know that the ship was heading for a collision course with an iceberg. When Titanic hit the berg, the impact woke him up and he rushed to the bridge only to find out that his ship had been badly damaged and that she would sink. This struck him hard. Smith knew what he had to do, he must go down with his ship. Before doing so however he and the other crew members did their best to get everyone off the ship A sailor tried to convince him that he should leave his ship. Smith refused. as the water was coming onto the Deck, Captain Smith locked himself in the bridge. He died when the water bursts through the windows whilst clinging to the ship's wheel.The ship sank beneath the waves a few minutes later, killing an estimated 1,500 people.When Rose died and went into the great beyond version of Titanic Smith could berifly be seen in the background. Show less «