From Ship's Cook to Baronet : Sir William Reardon Smith's Life in Shipping, 1856-1935
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0708324231
ISBN-13
9780708324233
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Imprint
University of Wales Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 30th, 2011
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
532 grams
Dimensions
15.80 x 23.30 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
British & Irish history20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000Maritime history
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Sir William Reardon Smith (1856-1935) was one of the foremost figures in south Wales in the early twentieth century. His was a classic story of 'rags to riches' - starting life as a deck-hand and ship's cook, he made a fortune in the shipping industry at the zenith of the Welsh coal trade.
Sir William Reardon Smith, founder of the Reardon Smith shipping line, was one of the foremost figures in south Wales in the early twentieth century. Starting as a cabin boy, he made a fortune as a ship owner at the height of the Welsh coal trade and subsequently showed great entrepreneurial initiative during the Great Depression, acquiring motor vessels and establishing new trade routes. He is also remembered as a great philanthropist, particularly through his association with the National Museum of Wales.
This thorough portrait of the entrepreneur combines an autobiography of the first forty years of Sir William’s life—which was discovered fifty years after his death at the age of eighty—a substantial essay on the latter half of his life, and extensive appendices that include a family tree, company lists, and shipping maps.
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