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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakob_Astor" title="Yakob Astor – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Yakob Astor" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV" title="John Jacob Astor IV – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="John Jacob Astor IV" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV" title="John Jacob Astor IV – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="John Jacob Astor IV" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV" title="John Jacob Astor IV – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="John Jacob Astor IV" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV" title="John Jacob Astor IV – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="John Jacob Astor IV" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV" title="John Jacob Astor IV – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="John Jacob Astor IV" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%DA%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85" title="جان جیکوب آستور چهارم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جان جیکوب آستور چهارم" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV" title="John Jacob Astor IV – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="John Jacob Astor IV" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li 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href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%BEons_D%C5%BEeikobs_Astors_IV" title="Džons Džeikobs Astors IV – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Džons Džeikobs Astors IV" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_(%C3%BCzletember,_1864%E2%80%931912)" title="John Jacob Astor (üzletember, 1864–1912) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="John Jacob Astor (üzletember, 1864–1912)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV" title="John Jacob Astor IV – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="John Jacob Astor IV" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A2%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9" title="جون جاكوب آستور الرابع – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جون جاكوب آستور الرابع" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV" title="John Jacob Astor IV – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="John Jacob Astor IV" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV" title="John Jacob Astor IV – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="John Jacob Astor IV" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B3%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC4%E4%B8%96" title="ジョン・ジェイコブ・アスター4世 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ジョン・ジェイコブ・アスター4世" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV" title="John Jacob Astor IV – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="John Jacob Astor IV" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" 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Jacob Astor IV" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80,_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1_IV" title="Астор, Джон Джекоб IV – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Астор, Джон Джекоб IV" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV" title="John Jacob Astor IV – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="John Jacob Astor IV" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV" title="John Jacob Astor IV – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="John Jacob Astor IV" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%86%D9%86_%D8%AC%DB%95%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%86%D8%A8_%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%95%D8%B1%DB%8C_%DA%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%95%D9%85" title="جۆن جەیکۆب ئاستەری چوارەم – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="جۆن جەیکۆب ئاستەری چوارەم" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV" title="John Jacob Astor IV – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="John Jacob Astor IV" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV" title="John Jacob Astor IV – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="John Jacob Astor IV" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/IV._John_Jacob_Astor" title="IV. John Jacob Astor – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="IV. John Jacob Astor" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B1_%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_IV" title="Джон Джейкоб Астор IV – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Джон Джейкоб Астор IV" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_IV" title="John Jacob Astor IV – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="John Jacob Astor IV" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a 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1895</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1864-07-13</span>)</span>July 13, 1864<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Rhinebeck,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhinebeck, New York">Rhinebeck, New York</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 15, 1912<span style="display:none">(1912-04-15)</span> (aged 47)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">North Atlantic Ocean</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cause of death</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Titanic" title="Sinking of the Titanic">Sinking of the <i>Titanic</i></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Trinity_Church_Cemetery" title="Trinity Church Cemetery">Trinity Church Cemetery</a><br />New York City, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_School_(Concord,_New_Hampshire)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)">St Paul's School</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Business magnate</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style 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class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Astor" title="Madeleine Astor">Madeleine Talmage Force</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1911)<wbr /></div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Astor" title="Vincent Astor">William Vincent Astor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ava_Alice_Muriel_Astor" title="Ava Alice Muriel Astor">Ava Alice Muriel Astor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_VI" title="John Jacob Astor VI">John Jacob Astor VI</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Backhouse_Astor_Jr." title="William Backhouse Astor Jr.">William Backhouse Astor Jr.</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Schermerhorn_Astor" title="Caroline Schermerhorn Astor">Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Astor_family" title="Astor family">Astor family</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Signature</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="infobox-signature skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Signature_of_John_Jacob_Astor_IV.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Signature_of_John_Jacob_Astor_IV.png/150px-Signature_of_John_Jacob_Astor_IV.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="31" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Signature_of_John_Jacob_Astor_IV.png 1.5x" data-file-width="224" data-file-height="47" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Jacob Astor IV</b> (July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American business magnate, real estate developer, investor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a>, and a prominent member of the <a href="/wiki/Astor_family" title="Astor family">Astor family</a>. He was among the most prominent American passengers aboard <a href="/wiki/Titanic" title="Titanic">RMS <i>Titanic</i></a> and perished along with 1,495 others when the ship <a href="/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Titanic" title="Sinking of the Titanic">sank on her maiden voyage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Astor was the richest passenger aboard the RMS <i>Titanic</i> and was thought to be among the richest people in the world at that time, with a net worth of roughly $87 million (equivalent to $2.75 billion in 2023) when he died.<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-US_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-US-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-esjjacol_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-esjjacol-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life,_education,_and_family"><span id="Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_family"></span>Early life, education, and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacob_Astor_IV&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life, education, and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Jacob_Astor_1909.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/John_Jacob_Astor_1909.jpg/220px-John_Jacob_Astor_1909.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="265" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/John_Jacob_Astor_1909.jpg/330px-John_Jacob_Astor_1909.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/John_Jacob_Astor_1909.jpg 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="491" /></a><figcaption>Astor in 1909</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Astor_Astor_as_Henry_IV_of_France.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/John_Astor_Astor_as_Henry_IV_of_France.jpg/220px-John_Astor_Astor_as_Henry_IV_of_France.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="318" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/John_Astor_Astor_as_Henry_IV_of_France.jpg/330px-John_Astor_Astor_as_Henry_IV_of_France.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/John_Astor_Astor_as_Henry_IV_of_France.jpg 2x" data-file-width="406" data-file-height="586" /></a><figcaption>Astor as <a href="/wiki/Henry_IV_of_France" title="Henry IV of France">Henry IV of France</a></figcaption></figure> <p>John Jacob Astor IV was born on July 13, 1864, at his parents' country estate of <a href="/wiki/Ferncliff_forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferncliff forest">Ferncliff</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rhinebeck,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhinebeck, New York">Rhinebeck, New York</a>. He was the youngest of five children and only son of <a href="/wiki/William_Backhouse_Astor_Jr." title="William Backhouse Astor Jr.">William Backhouse Astor Jr.</a>, a businessman, collector, and racehorse breeder/owner, and <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Schermerhorn_Astor" title="Caroline Schermerhorn Astor">Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn</a>, a Dutch-American socialite. His four elder sisters were Emily, Helen, Charlotte, and <a href="/wiki/Carrie_Astor_Wilson" title="Carrie Astor Wilson">Carrie</a>. </p><p>John was a great-grandson of German–American fur-trader <a href="/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor" title="John Jacob Astor">John Jacob Astor</a> and Sarah Cox Todd, whose fortune made the <a href="/wiki/Astor_family" title="Astor family">Astor family</a> one of the wealthiest in the United States. Astor's paternal grandfather <a href="/wiki/William_Backhouse_Astor_Sr." title="William Backhouse Astor Sr.">William Backhouse Astor Sr.</a> was a prominent real estate businessman. Through his paternal grandmother, Margaret Alida Rebecca Armstrong, Astor was also a great-grandson of Senator <a href="/wiki/John_Armstrong_Jr." title="John Armstrong Jr.">John Armstrong Jr.</a> and Alida Livingston of the <a href="/wiki/Livingston_family" title="Livingston family">Livingston family</a>. His maternal grandparents were <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Schermerhorn" title="Abraham Schermerhorn">Abraham Schermerhorn</a>, a wealthy merchant, and socialite Helen Van Courtlandt White. His sister Helen's husband was diplomat <a href="/wiki/James_Roosevelt_Roosevelt" title="James Roosevelt Roosevelt">James Roosevelt "Rosey" Roosevelt</a>, half-brother of President <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin Delano Roosevelt</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Roosevelt_family" title="Roosevelt family">Roosevelt family</a>. Another sister, named Carrie, was a noted philanthropist and the wife of <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Orme_Wilson" title="Marshall Orme Wilson">Marshall Orme Wilson</a> (brother of banker <a href="/wiki/Richard_Thornton_Wilson_Jr." title="Richard Thornton Wilson Jr.">Richard Thornton Wilson Jr.</a> and socialite <a href="/wiki/Grace_Vanderbilt" title="Grace Vanderbilt">Grace (née Wilson) Vanderbilt</a>). Astor was also a first cousin of <a href="/wiki/William_Waldorf_Astor,_1st_Viscount_Astor" class="mw-redirect" title="William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor">William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor</a>, with whom his mother had a notorious feud resulting in William's removal to England. </p><p>Astor attended <a href="/wiki/St._Paul%27s_School_(Concord,_New_Hampshire)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire)">St Paul's School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire" title="Concord, New Hampshire">Concord, New Hampshire</a>, and later attended <a href="/wiki/Harvard_College" title="Harvard College">Harvard College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-titanic_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-titanic-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went by the name "Jack". His ungainly appearance and the perception that he was an aimless dilettante led one newspaper to give him the name "Jack Ass-tor".<sup id="cite_ref-NYTimes_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYTimes-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacob_Astor_IV&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Among Astor's accomplishments was <i><a href="/wiki/A_Journey_in_Other_Worlds" title="A Journey in Other Worlds">A Journey in Other Worlds</a></i> (1894), a science-fiction novel about life in the year 2000 on the planets <a href="/wiki/Saturn" title="Saturn">Saturn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jupiter" title="Jupiter">Jupiter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also patented several inventions, including a bicycle brake in 1898, a "vibratory disintegrator" used to produce gas from <a href="/wiki/Sphagnum" title="Sphagnum">peat moss</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Pneumatics" title="Pneumatics">pneumatic</a> road-improver, and he helped develop a <a href="/wiki/Turbine" title="Turbine">turbine engine</a>. </p><p>Like generations of Astors before him, he also made millions in real estate. In 1897, Astor built the Astoria Hotel, "the world's most luxurious hotel",<sup id="cite_ref-WaldorfAstoriaHotel_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WaldorfAstoriaHotel-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in New York City, adjoining the Waldorf Hotel owned by Astor's cousin and rival, William. The complex became known as the <a href="/wiki/Waldorf-Astoria_(1893%E2%80%931929)" title="Waldorf-Astoria (1893–1929)">Waldorf-Astoria Hotel</a>. The Waldorf-Astoria would later be the host location to the U.S. inquiries into the sinking of the RMS <i>Titanic</i>, on which Astor died.<sup id="cite_ref-titanic_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-titanic-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_service">Military service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacob_Astor_IV&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Military service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><span><video id="mwe_player_0" poster="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Astor_Battery_on_parade_-.webm/220px--Astor_Battery_on_parade_-.webm.jpg" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" height="165" data-durationhint="65" data-mwtitle="Astor_Battery_on_parade_-.webm" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons" resource="/wiki/File:Astor_Battery_on_parade_-.webm"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/Astor_Battery_on_parade_-.webm/Astor_Battery_on_parade_-.webm.480p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="480p.vp9.webm" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Astor_Battery_on_parade_-.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-width="640" data-height="480" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/Astor_Battery_on_parade_-.webm/Astor_Battery_on_parade_-.webm.144p.mjpeg.mov" type="video/quicktime" data-transcodekey="144p.mjpeg.mov" data-width="192" data-height="144" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/Astor_Battery_on_parade_-.webm/Astor_Battery_on_parade_-.webm.240p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="240p.vp9.webm" data-width="320" data-height="240" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/Astor_Battery_on_parade_-.webm/Astor_Battery_on_parade_-.webm.360p.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp8, vorbis"" data-transcodekey="360p.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/Astor_Battery_on_parade_-.webm/Astor_Battery_on_parade_-.webm.360p.vp9.webm" type="video/webm; codecs="vp9, opus"" data-transcodekey="360p.vp9.webm" data-width="480" data-height="360" /></video></span><figcaption>Astor Battery on parade, January 1899</figcaption></figure> <p>From 1894 to 1896, he was a colonel on the military staff of <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_New_York" title="Governor of New York">New York Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Levi_P._Morton" title="Levi P. Morton">Levi P. Morton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly after the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in 1898, Astor personally financed a volunteer artillery unit known as the "Astor Battery", which served in the Philippines. In May 1898, Astor was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel" title="Lieutenant colonel">lieutenant colonel</a> in the U.S. Volunteers and served as an officer on the staff of Major General <a href="/wiki/William_Shafter" class="mw-redirect" title="William Shafter">William Shafter</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Santiago" title="Siege of Santiago">Santiago Campaign</a>. He was later given a brevet (war/temporary promotion) to colonel in recognition of his services.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was mustered out of the Volunteer Army in November 1898. </p><p>During the war, he allowed his <a href="/wiki/Yacht" title="Yacht">yacht</a> <i>Nourmahal</i> to be used by the U.S. government. He appeared in the films <i>President McKinley's Inspection of Camp Wikoff</i> (1898) and <i>Col. John Jacob Astor, Staff and Veterans of the Spanish–American War</i> (1899).<sup id="cite_ref-titanic_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-titanic-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of his military service, Astor was entitled to the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Campaign_Medal" title="Spanish Campaign Medal">Spanish Campaign Medal</a>. After the war, Astor was often referred to as "Colonel Astor."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Astor was a member of several military and hereditary societies. He was an early member of the New York <a href="/wiki/Society_of_Colonial_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="Society of Colonial Wars">Society of Colonial Wars</a> and was assigned membership number 138. He was also a member of the <a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Foreign_Wars" title="Military Order of Foreign Wars">Military Order of Foreign Wars</a>, <a href="/wiki/Society_of_the_Army_of_Santiago_de_Cuba" title="Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba">Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Society of the American Wars of the United States.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacob_Astor_IV&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:JJAstorIV.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/JJAstorIV.jpg/220px-JJAstorIV.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/JJAstorIV.jpg/330px-JJAstorIV.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/JJAstorIV.jpg/440px-JJAstorIV.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1562" /></a><figcaption>Astor and his second wife <a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Astor" title="Madeleine Astor">Madeleine Talmage Force</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On February 17, 1891,<sup id="cite_ref-TitanicProfile_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TitanicProfile-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Astor married socialite <a href="/wiki/Ava_Lowle_Willing" title="Ava Lowle Willing">Ava Lowle Willing</a>, a daughter of Edward Shippen Willing and Alice Barton. The couple had two children: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Astor" title="Vincent Astor">William Vincent Astor</a> (November 15, 1891 – February 3, 1959), businessman and philanthropist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ava_Alice_Muriel_Astor" title="Ava Alice Muriel Astor">Ava Alice Muriel Astor</a> (July 7, 1902 – July 19, 1956)</li></ul> <p>Astor and Willing divorced in November 1909. Compounding the scandal of their divorce was Astor's announcement that he would remarry.<sup id="cite_ref-titanic_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-titanic-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 9, 1911, the 47-year-old Astor married 18-year-old socialite <a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Astor" title="Madeleine Astor">Madeleine Talmage Force</a>, the sister of real estate businesswoman and socialite <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Emmons_Force" title="Katherine Emmons Force">Katherine Emmons Force</a>. Their parents were William Hurlbut Force and Katherine Arvilla Talmage. Astor and Force were married in his mother's ballroom at <a href="/wiki/Beechwood_(mansion)" class="mw-redirect" title="Beechwood (mansion)">Beechwood</a>, the family's <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport, Rhode Island</a>, mansion. There was also much controversy over their 29-year age difference.<sup id="cite_ref-titanic_survivor_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-titanic_survivor-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son Vincent despised Force,<sup id="cite_ref-Vincent_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vincent-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> yet he served as best man at his father's wedding.<sup id="cite_ref-encyclopedia_titanica_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-encyclopedia_titanica-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple took an extended honeymoon in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> to wait for the gossip to calm down. Among the few Americans who did not spurn him at this time was <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Brown" title="Margaret Brown">Margaret Brown</a>, later fictionalized as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Unsinkable_Molly_Brown_(musical)" title="The Unsinkable Molly Brown (musical)">The Unsinkable Molly Brown</a></i>. She accompanied the Astors to Egypt and <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>. After receiving a call to return to the United States, Brown accompanied the couple back home aboard <a href="/wiki/Titanic" title="Titanic">RMS <i>Titanic</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-titanic_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-titanic-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Residence">Residence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacob_Astor_IV&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Residence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ferncliff,_Rhinebeck,_New_York.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Ferncliff%2C_Rhinebeck%2C_New_York.jpg/220px-Ferncliff%2C_Rhinebeck%2C_New_York.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Ferncliff%2C_Rhinebeck%2C_New_York.jpg/330px-Ferncliff%2C_Rhinebeck%2C_New_York.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Ferncliff%2C_Rhinebeck%2C_New_York.jpg/440px-Ferncliff%2C_Rhinebeck%2C_New_York.jpg 2x" data-file-width="938" data-file-height="673" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ferncliff_Farm" title="Ferncliff Farm">Ferncliff</a>, the Astor family's country estate in <a href="/wiki/Rhinebeck_(town),_New_York" title="Rhinebeck (town), New York">Rhinebeck, New York</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Astor's country estate, <a href="/wiki/Ferncliff_Farm" title="Ferncliff Farm">Ferncliff</a>, was north of the town center in <a href="/wiki/Rhinebeck_(town),_New_York" title="Rhinebeck (town), New York">Rhinebeck, New York</a>, with <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">1<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> miles (2.5 kilometers) of <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River" title="Hudson River">Hudson River</a> frontage in the picturesque Lower <a href="/wiki/Hudson_River_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Hudson River Valley">Hudson River Valley</a>. The land had been purchased <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/piecemeal" class="extiw" title="wikt:piecemeal">piecemeal</a> by his father during the mid 19th century. Astor was born there.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His father's <a href="/wiki/Italianate" class="mw-redirect" title="Italianate">Italianate</a> mansion of 1864 was partly rebuilt in 1904 to designs by <a href="/wiki/Stanford_White" title="Stanford White">Stanford White</a> of <a href="/wiki/McKim,_Mead_%26_White" title="McKim, Mead & White">McKim, Mead & White</a>. The house retained its conservative exterior, and a separate sports pavilion in the <a href="/wiki/Louis_XVI_style" title="Louis XVI style">Louis XVI style</a> was built. This was Stanford White's last project before he died.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The "Ferncliff Casino" sports pavilion (later called "Astor Courts") reportedly housed the first residential indoor swimming pool in the U.S., an indoor tennis court with vaulting of <a href="/wiki/Guastavino_tile" title="Guastavino tile">Guastavino tile</a>, two squash courts, and guest bedrooms. On the lower level, there was a bowling alley and a shooting range.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The estate was reduced to 50 acres (200,000 m<sup>2</sup>) and was renamed "Astor Courts", eventually becoming a wedding venue. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Titanic"><i>Titanic</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacob_Astor_IV&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Titanic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Madeleine_JackAstor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Madeleine_JackAstor.jpg/220px-Madeleine_JackAstor.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Madeleine_JackAstor.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="350" /></a><figcaption>Astor with his wife, Madeleine Force Astor, and their Airedale, Kitty</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Titanic-New_York_Herald_front_page_2.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Titanic-New_York_Herald_front_page_2.jpeg/220px-Titanic-New_York_Herald_front_page_2.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Titanic-New_York_Herald_front_page_2.jpeg/330px-Titanic-New_York_Herald_front_page_2.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Titanic-New_York_Herald_front_page_2.jpeg/440px-Titanic-New_York_Herald_front_page_2.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="752" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Herald" class="mw-redirect" title="The New York Herald">The New York Herald</a></i> report of the sinking of <i>Titanic</i>. Most reports featured the Astors in the headlines.</figcaption></figure> <p>While traveling, Madeleine Force Astor became pregnant. Wanting the child born in the U.S., the Astors boarded <i>Titanic</i> on her maiden voyage to New York. They embarked in <a href="/wiki/Cherbourg" title="Cherbourg">Cherbourg</a>, France via the <a href="/wiki/SS_Nomadic_(1911)" title="SS Nomadic (1911)"> SS Nomadic</a>, in first class and were the wealthiest passengers aboard. Accompanying the Astors were Astor's valet, Victor Robbins; Mrs. Astor's maid, Rosalie Bidois; and her nurse, Caroline Louise Endres. They also took their pet dog, an <a href="/wiki/Airedale_Terrier" title="Airedale Terrier">Airedale Terrier</a> named Kitty. The Astors were deeply fond of their dog and had come close to losing her on a previous trip when she went missing in Egypt. Kitty did not survive the sinking.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They had met up with <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Brown" title="Margaret Brown">Margaret "Molly" Brown</a> traveling through Egypt. According to Edith Rosenbaum, Astor pointed out some vital statistics of the ship, and said, "She's unsinkable, a modern shipbuilding miracle."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFitchLaytonWormstedt201292_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFitchLaytonWormstedt201292-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 14, when Captain <a href="/wiki/Edward_Smith_(sea_captain)" title="Edward Smith (sea captain)">Edward J. Smith</a> attended a large dinner party in B Deck restaurant, Salon Steward Thomas Whiteley stated that Smith "talked and joked with Mr Astor.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFitchLaytonWormstedt2012130_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFitchLaytonWormstedt2012130-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Shortly after <i>Titanic</i> hit the iceberg, Isaac Frauenthal saw Astor approach Captain Smith and tell him, "Captain, my wife is not in good health. She has gone to bed, and I don't want to get her up unless it is absolutely necessary. What is the situation?" Smith advised Astor to awaken his wife, as they might have to take to the boats. Astor "never changed expression...thanked the Captain courteously and walked rapidly, but composedly away".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFitchLaytonWormstedt2012163-166_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFitchLaytonWormstedt2012163-166-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Astor informed his wife of the collision but told her the damage did not appear to be serious. He and his wife and other passengers talked about the collision with the iceberg. Some time later, as the ship's <a href="/wiki/Lifeboats_of_the_RMS_Titanic" class="mw-redirect" title="Lifeboats of the RMS Titanic">lifeboats</a> for first class were being manned, Astor remained unperturbed; he and his wife played with the mechanical horses in the gymnasium. At some point Astor is thought to have sliced the lining of an extra lifebelt with a pen knife to show his wife its contents, either to prove they were not of use or to reassure her that they were. He even declared: "We are safer here than in that little boat."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 73–74">: 73–74 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-titanic_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-titanic-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At boat No.7, Astor and his wife were about to board when Astor drew back and pulled his wife back with him. Someone said something to Astor, but it is unknown what was said.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFitchLaytonWormstedt2012194_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFitchLaytonWormstedt2012194-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On A Deck, <a href="/wiki/May_Futrelle" title="May Futrelle">Lily May Peel</a> saw Astor smoking a cigarette with <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Futrelle" title="Jacques Futrelle">Jacques Futrelle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFitchLaytonWormstedt2012213_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFitchLaytonWormstedt2012213-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Second Officer <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lightoller" title="Charles Lightoller">Charles Lightoller</a> later arrived on A Deck to finish loading Lifeboat 4, Astor helped his wife, with her maid and nurse, into it. He then asked if he might join his wife because she was in "a delicate condition;" however, Lightoller told him men were not to be allowed to board until all the women and children had been loaded. Astor did not protest, simply kissed his wife, telling her that he would follow in another boat. According to <i>Titanic</i> passenger <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Gracie_IV" title="Archibald Gracie IV">Archibald Gracie IV</a> who also helped Astor's wife into the boat; </p> <blockquote><p>She was lifted up through the window, and her husband helped her on the other side, and when she got in, her husband was on one side of this window and I was on the other side, at the next window. I heard Mr Astor ask the second officer whether he would not be allowed to go aboard this boat to protect his wife. He said, "No, sir, no man is allowed on this boat or any of the boats until the ladies are off." Mr. Astor then said (something to the effect of) "Well, tell me the number of this boat so I may find her afterwards" and was told "Number 4."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>A news article posted in the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Record-Herald" title="Chicago Record-Herald">Chicago Record Herald</a></i> tells of Astor placing his wife into the final lifeboat then ordering Ida Sophia Hippach and her 17-year-old daughter Jean Gertrude to take the final two places before the boat was lowered away.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 11-year old Master Elias Nicola-Yarred and his 14-year old sister Jamilia also made it to the boat, stating that Astor turned to help other passengers into the boat, including Yarred and his sister.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFitchLaytonWormstedt2012222_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFitchLaytonWormstedt2012222-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Lifeboat 4 was lowered at 1:55 am, Astor is said to have stood with John Thayer, Harry Widner and Arthur Ryerson, waving.<sup id="cite_ref-titanic_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-titanic-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Titanic</i> sank at 2:20 a.m, on April 15. Madeleine Force Astor, her nurse, and her maid survived. Colonel Astor, his valet, Victor Robbins, Kitty and Futrelle did not. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Waltham_Riverside_19j_Hunter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="1903 Waltham Riverside" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Waltham_Riverside_19j_Hunter.jpg/220px-Waltham_Riverside_19j_Hunter.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Waltham_Riverside_19j_Hunter.jpg/330px-Waltham_Riverside_19j_Hunter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Waltham_Riverside_19j_Hunter.jpg/440px-Waltham_Riverside_19j_Hunter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2763" data-file-height="2072" /></a><figcaption> Gold <a href="/wiki/Waltham_Watch_Company" title="Waltham Watch Company"> Waltham</a> pocket watch similar to the one Astor wore aboard <a href="/wiki/RMS_Titanic" class="mw-redirect" title="RMS Titanic">RMS <i>Titanic</i></a></figcaption></figure> <p>In the aftermath, ships were sent out to retrieve the bodies from the site of the sinking; of the 1,517 passengers and crew who perished in the sinking, only 333 bodies were ever recovered. Astor's body was recovered on April 22 by the cable ship <a href="/wiki/CS_Mackay-Bennett" title="CS Mackay-Bennett"><i>Mackay-Bennett</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-titanic_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-titanic-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Astor was identified by the initials sewn on the label of his jacket. Among the items found on him was a gold <a href="/wiki/Pocket_watch" title="Pocket watch">pocket watch</a>, which his son Vincent claimed and wore the rest of his life.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was later reported that "in 1935, Vincent gave the watch as a christening gift to the infant son of William Dobbyn IV, John Jacob Astor’s executive secretary". The pocket watch was sold for £1.175 million at auction on April 27, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"> <p><b>NO. 124 – MALE – ESTIMATED AGE 50 – LIGHT HAIR & MOUSTACHE.</b> </p><p><b>CLOTHING</b> – Blue serge suit; blue handkerchief with "A.V."; belt with gold buckle; brown boots with red rubber soles; brown flannel shirt; "J.J.A." on back of collar. </p><p><b>EFFECTS</b> – Gold watch; cuff links, gold with diamond; diamond ring with three stones; £225 in English notes; $2440 in notes; £5 in gold; 7s. in silver; 5 ten franc pieces; gold pencil; pocketbook. </p><p><b>FIRST CLASS. NAME- J.J. ASTOR IV</b><sup id="cite_ref-titanic_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-titanic-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <p>In his memoir, Gracie claimed that he heard Astor's body was in a crushed condition; this led to popular belief that Astor may have been one of the swimmers killed by the first <a href="/wiki/Funnel_(ship)" title="Funnel (ship)">funnel</a> falling from the ship.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is disputed by John Snow, an undertaker aboard the ship, who said that the body was in an ‘excellent state of preservation’, and Captain Richard Roberts, the commander of Astor's yacht, who said that apart from some slight discolouration by water, Astor's features were unharmed. Gerald Ross, an electrician on the <i>Mackay-Bennett</i>, reported that Astor's "face was swollen, one jaw was injured."<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Author Tim Maltin writes that Astor’s jaw injury was relatively slight and could have been caused by his lifebelt, if he jumped from Titanic, or by other drowning passengers or debris as the ship sank.<sup id="cite_ref-google1_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among the more dubious accounts, Dr. Washington Dodge says he saw Astor standing with <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Butt" title="Archibald Butt">Archibald Butt</a> near the bridge as the ship went down.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dodge's account is highly unlikely, as his lifeboat was more than 0.5 miles (0.80 km) away from the ship at the time it sank.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Survivor Philip Mock was quoted as claiming to have seen Astor in the water clinging to a raft with <a href="/wiki/William_Thomas_Stead" class="mw-redirect" title="William Thomas Stead">William Thomas Stead</a>. "Their feet became frozen," said Mock, "and they were forced to release their hold. Both were drowned."<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mock's account is unlikely as he left the ship in Boat No.11. </p><p>Astor was buried in <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Church_Cemetery" title="Trinity Church Cemetery">Trinity Church Cemetery</a> in Manhattan, New York City. Four months after <i>Titanic</i> sank, Madeleine Astor gave birth to his second son, <a href="/wiki/John_Jacob_Astor_VI" title="John Jacob Astor VI">John Jacob "Jakey" Astor VI</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-titanic_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-titanic-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Estate">Estate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacob_Astor_IV&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Estate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mrs._Astor_mansion_1895.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mrs._Astor_mansion_1895.jpg/220px-Mrs._Astor_mansion_1895.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mrs._Astor_mansion_1895.jpg/330px-Mrs._Astor_mansion_1895.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Mrs._Astor_mansion_1895.jpg/440px-Mrs._Astor_mansion_1895.jpg 2x" data-file-width="910" data-file-height="733" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mrs._William_B._Astor_House" title="Mrs. William B. Astor House">840 Fifth Avenue</a> in Manhattan</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Astors_Beechwood_Mansion_(2966829057).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Astors_Beechwood_Mansion_%282966829057%29.jpg/220px-Astors_Beechwood_Mansion_%282966829057%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Astors_Beechwood_Mansion_%282966829057%29.jpg/330px-Astors_Beechwood_Mansion_%282966829057%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Astors_Beechwood_Mansion_%282966829057%29.jpg/440px-Astors_Beechwood_Mansion_%282966829057%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Beechwood_(Astor_mansion)" title="Beechwood (Astor mansion)">Beechwood</a>, the Astors' summer home in <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport, Rhode Island</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Astor left $69 million of his $85 million estate (US$2.68 billion in 2023<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-US_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-US-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) to Vincent.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This value included his <a href="/wiki/Ferncliff_Farm" title="Ferncliff Farm">Ferncliff</a> country estate in <a href="/wiki/Rhinebeck_(town),_New_York" title="Rhinebeck (town), New York">Rhinebeck, New York</a>, and his yacht, the <i><a href="/wiki/USS_Noma_(SP-131)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Noma (SP-131)">Noma</a></i>. </p><p>To Madeleine Force Astor, he left $100,000 (US$3.16 million in 2023<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-US_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-US-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) as an outright bequest, as well as a $5 million trust fund (US$158 million in 2023<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-US_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-US-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) from which she was provided an income. Additionally, she was given the use of his <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> mansion (<a href="/wiki/Mrs._William_B._Astor_House" title="Mrs. William B. Astor House">840 Fifth Avenue</a> in Manhattan) and all its furnishings, his <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Rhode_Island" title="Newport, Rhode Island">Newport</a> mansion (<a href="/wiki/Beechwood_(Astor_mansion)" title="Beechwood (Astor mansion)">Beechwood</a>) and all its furnishings, the pick of whichever luxury limousine she wanted from his collection, and five of his prized horses—as long as she did not remarry. </p><p>His daughter Ava (who lived with her mother, also named Ava) received a $10 million trust fund (US$316 million in 2023<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-US_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-US-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>). Upon turning 21, John Jacob VI inherited the $3 million trust fund Astor had set aside for him (US$94.7 million in 2023<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-US_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-US-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>).<sup id="cite_ref-MoneyForJakey_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MoneyForJakey-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacob_Astor_IV&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Portrayals">Portrayals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Jacob_Astor_IV&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Portrayals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Sch%C3%B6nb%C3%B6ck" title="Karl Schönböck">Karl Schönböck</a> (1943) <i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(1943_film)" title="Titanic (1943 film)">Titanic</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Johnstone_(actor)" title="William Johnstone (actor)">William Johnstone</a> (1953) <i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(1953_film)" title="Titanic (1953 film)">Titanic</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Janssen" title="David Janssen">David Janssen</a> (1979) <i><a href="/wiki/S.O.S._Titanic" title="S.O.S. Titanic">S.O.S. Titanic</a></i> (TV Movie)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Hylands" title="Scott Hylands">Scott Hylands</a> (1996) <i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(1996_miniseries)" title="Titanic (1996 miniseries)">Titanic</a></i> (miniseries)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Braeden" title="Eric Braeden">Eric Braeden</a> (1997) <i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(1997_film)" title="Titanic (1997 film)">Titanic</a></i></li> <li>Federico Zambrano (2003) <i><a href="/wiki/Ghosts_of_the_Abyss" title="Ghosts of the Abyss">Ghosts of the Abyss</a></i>; Documentary</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Richardson" title="Miles Richardson">Miles Richardson</a> (2012) <i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(2012_TV_miniseries)" class="mw-redirect" title="Titanic (2012 TV miniseries)">Titanic</a></i>; TV series/3 episodes)</li> <li>Astor was portrayed by his great-grandson Gregory Todd Astor in an April 2012 production of the Broadway musical <i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(musical)" title="Titanic (musical)">Titanic</a></i>.<sup 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.cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1912/04/16/archives/noted-men-on-the-lost-titanic-col-jacob-astor-with-his-wife-isidor.html">"Noted Men On The Lost Titanic. Col. Jacob Astor, with His Wife. Isidor Straus and Wife, and Benj. Guggenheim Aboard"</a>. <i>The New York Times</i>. April 16, 1912<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">December 10,</span> 2013</span>. <q>Following are sketches of a few of the well-known persons among the 1,300 passengers on the lost Titanic. The fate of most of them at this time is, of course, not known. Col. John Jacob Astor and Mrs. Astor, <a href="/wiki/Isidor_Straus" title="Isidor Straus">Isidor Straus</a> and Mrs. Straus, <a href="/wiki/J._Bruce_Ismay" title="J. Bruce Ismay">J. Bruce Ismay</a>, Managing Director of the White Star Line: <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Guggenheim" title="Benjamin Guggenheim">Benjamin Guggenheim</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Frank_D._Millet" class="mw-redirect" title="Frank D. Millet">Frank D. Millet</a>, the artist, are perhaps the most widely known of the passengers. ... .</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Noted+Men+On+The+Lost+Titanic.+Col.+Jacob+Astor%2C+with+His+Wife.+Isidor+Straus+and+Wife%2C+and+Benj.+Guggenheim+Aboard.&rft.date=1912-04-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F1912%2F04%2F16%2Farchives%2Fnoted-men-on-the-lost-titanic-col-jacob-astor-with-his-wife-isidor.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Jacob+Astor+IV" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-inflation-US-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-inflation-US_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-inflation-US_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-inflation-US_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-inflation-US_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-inflation-US_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-inflation-US_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">1634–1699: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcCusker1997" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_J._McCusker" title="John J. 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A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/American_Antiquarian_Society" title="American Antiquarian Society">American Antiquarian Society</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=How+Much+Is+That+in+Real+Money%3F+A+Historical+Price+Index+for+Use+as+a+Deflator+of+Money+Values+in+the+Economy+of+the+United+States%3A+Addenda+et+Corrigenda&rft.pub=American+Antiquarian+Society&rft.date=1997&rft.aulast=McCusker&rft.aufirst=J.+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanantiquarian.org%2Fproceedings%2F44525121.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Jacob+Astor+IV" class="Z3988"></span> 1700–1799: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcCusker1992" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/John_J._McCusker" title="John J. 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A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/American_Antiquarian_Society" title="American Antiquarian Society">American Antiquarian Society</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=How+Much+Is+That+in+Real+Money%3F+A+Historical+Price+Index+for+Use+as+a+Deflator+of+Money+Values+in+the+Economy+of+the+United+States&rft.pub=American+Antiquarian+Society&rft.date=1992&rft.aulast=McCusker&rft.aufirst=J.+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanantiquarian.org%2Fproceedings%2F44517778.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Jacob+Astor+IV" class="Z3988"></span> 1800–present: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFederal_Reserve_Bank_of_Minneapolis" class="citation web cs1">Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.minneapolisfed.org/about-us/monetary-policy/inflation-calculator/consumer-price-index-1800-">"Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 29,</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Consumer+Price+Index+%28estimate%29+1800%E2%80%93&rft.au=Federal+Reserve+Bank+of+Minneapolis&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.minneapolisfed.org%2Fabout-us%2Fmonetary-policy%2Finflation-calculator%2Fconsumer-price-index-1800-&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Jacob+Astor+IV" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-esjjacol-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-esjjacol_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cEssAAAAIBAJ&pg=6166%2C3485431">"Col. John Jacob Astor left estate worth $86,966,611"</a>. <i>Spartanburg Herald</i>. South Carolina. Associated Press. June 14, 1913. p. 1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Spartanburg+Herald&rft.atitle=Col.+John+Jacob+Astor+left+estate+worth+%2486%2C966%2C611&rft.pages=1&rft.date=1913-06-14&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnewspapers%3Fid%3DcEssAAAAIBAJ%26pg%3D6166%252C3485431&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Jacob+Astor+IV" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-titanic-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-titanic_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-titanic_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-titanic_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-titanic_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-titanic_4-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-titanic_4-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-titanic_4-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-titanic_4-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-titanic_4-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-titanic_4-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-biography/john-jacob-astor.html">"John Jacob Astor IV"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_Titanica" title="Encyclopedia Titanica">Encyclopedia Titanica</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 27,</span> 2010</span>. <q>Colonel John Jacob Astor IV was born in Rhinebeck, New York on July 13th, 1864 the son of William Astor and great-grandson of John Jacob Astor the fur trader. Astor was educated at St. Paul's School, Concord and later went to Harvard. After a period of travelling abroad (1888–91) he returned to the United States to manage the family fortune. 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June 18, 2006. <q>His younger cousin, known as Jack, enrolled in Harvard, left without a degree, traveled and joined 'about two dozen clubs.' He tinkered with inventions, married unwisely, and inspired by Jules Verne, wrote a work of science fiction. Often ridiculed in the press, he bore the sobriquet 'Jack Ass.'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span></q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=An+Age+of+Splendor%2C+and+Hotel+One-Upmanship&rft.date=2006-06-18&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2006%2F06%2F18%2Fbusiness%2Fyourmoney%2F18shelf.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Jacob+Astor+IV" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">William Alan Morrison, Waldorf Astoria, Arcadia Publishing - 2014, page 29</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFoster,_John_Wilson2002" class="citation book cs1">Foster, John Wilson (2002). <i>The Age of Titanic: Cross-Currents in Anglo-American Culture</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Age+of+Titanic%3A+Cross-Currents+in+Anglo-American+Culture&rft.date=2002&rft.au=Foster%2C+John+Wilson&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Jacob+Astor+IV" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WaldorfAstoriaHotel-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-WaldorfAstoriaHotel_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTurkel2007" class="citation web cs1">Turkel, Stanley (April 4, 2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hotelinteractive.com/article.aspx?articleid=7469">"The Original Waldorf/Astoria Hotel"</a>. hotelinteractive.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Original+Waldorf%2FAstoria+Hotel&rft.pub=hotelinteractive.com&rft.date=2007-04-04&rft.aulast=Turkel&rft.aufirst=Stanley&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hotelinteractive.com%2Farticle.aspx%3Farticleid%3D7469&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJohn+Jacob+Astor+IV" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGilmanPeckColby1905" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Coit_Gilman" title="Daniel Coit Gilman">Gilman, D. 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href="/wiki/First-class_facilities_of_the_Titanic" title="First-class facilities of the Titanic">First class facilities</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Second-_and_third-class_facilities_on_the_Titanic" title="Second- and third-class facilities on the Titanic">Second and Third class facilities</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Staircase_of_the_Titanic" title="Grand Staircase of the Titanic">Grand Staircase</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Animals_aboard_the_Titanic" title="Animals aboard the Titanic">Animals aboard</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Titanic" title="Sinking of the Titanic">Sinking</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iceberg_that_sank_the_Titanic" title="Iceberg that sank the Titanic">Iceberg that sank the <i>Titanic</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Changes_in_safety_practices_after_the_sinking_of_the_Titanic" title="Changes in safety practices after the sinking of the Titanic">Changes in safety practices</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lifeboats_of_the_Titanic" title="Lifeboats of the Titanic">Lifeboats</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Titanic_Lifeboat_No._1" title="Titanic Lifeboat No. 1">Lifeboat No. 1</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/British_Wreck_Commissioner%27s_inquiry_into_the_sinking_of_the_Titanic" title="British Wreck Commissioner's inquiry into the sinking of the Titanic">British inquiry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_inquiry_into_the_sinking_of_the_Titanic" title="United States Senate inquiry into the sinking of the Titanic">United States inquiry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wreck_of_the_Titanic" title="Wreck of the Titanic">Wreck of the <i>Titanic</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Legends_and_myths_regarding_the_Titanic" title="Legends and myths regarding the Titanic">Legends and myths</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Titanic_conspiracy_theories" title="Titanic conspiracy theories">Conspiracy theories</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Deck officers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Smith_(sea_captain)" title="Edward Smith (sea captain)">Edward J. Smith</a> (Captain)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Tingle_Wilde" title="Henry Tingle Wilde">Henry Tingle Wilde</a> (Chief Officer)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_McMaster_Murdoch" title="William McMaster Murdoch">William McMaster Murdoch</a> (First Officer)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lightoller" title="Charles Lightoller">Charles H. Lightoller</a> (Second Officer)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Pitman" title="Herbert Pitman">Herbert Pitman</a> (Third Officer)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Boxhall" title="Joseph Boxhall">Joseph G. Boxhall</a> (Fourth Officer)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Lowe" title="Harold Lowe">Harold G. Lowe</a> (Fifth Officer)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Paul_Moody" title="James Paul Moody">James Paul Moody</a> (Sixth Officer)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bell_(engineer)" title="Joseph Bell (engineer)">Joseph Bell</a> (Machine Room Manager)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Crew_of_the_Titanic" title="Crew of the Titanic">Crew members</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Barrett" title="Frederick Barrett">Frederick Barrett</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Bride" title="Harold Bride">Harold Bride</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Denton_Cox" title="William Denton Cox">William Denton Cox</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Crew_of_the_Titanic" title="Crew of the Titanic">Sid Daniels</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Oliver_Evans" title="Frank Oliver Evans">Frank Oliver Evans</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Fleet" title="Frederick Fleet">Frederick Fleet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luigi_Gatti_(restaurateur)" title="Luigi Gatti (restaurateur)">Luigi Gatti</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hichens_(sailor)" title="Robert Hichens (sailor)">Robert Hichens</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Violet_Jessop" title="Violet Jessop">Violet Jessop</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Archie_Jewell" title="Archie Jewell">Archie Jewell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Joughin" title="Charles Joughin">Charles Joughin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Reginald_Robinson_Lee" title="Reginald Robinson Lee">Reginald Lee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Marsden" title="Evelyn Marsden">Evelyn Marsden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Mintram" title="William Mintram">William Mintram</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Phillips_(wireless_officer)" title="Jack Phillips (wireless officer)">Jack Phillips</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Winnold_Prentice" title="Frank Winnold Prentice">Frank Winnold Prentice</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_John_Priest" title="Arthur John Priest">Arthur John Priest</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Symons_(sailor)" title="George Symons (sailor)">George Symons</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Musicians_of_the_Titanic" title="Musicians of the Titanic">Musicians</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wallace_Hartley" title="Wallace Hartley">Wallace Hartley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Wesley_Woodward" title="John Wesley Woodward">John Wesley Woodward</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Passengers_of_the_Titanic" title="Passengers of the Titanic">Passengers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fatalities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allison_family" title="Allison family">Allison family</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Andrews" title="Thomas Andrews">Thomas Andrews</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">John Jacob Astor IV</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_John_Bowen" title="David John Bowen">David John Bowen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Butt" title="Archibald Butt">Archibald Butt</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Byles" title="Thomas Byles">Thomas Byles</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roderick_Chisholm_(engineer)" title="Roderick Chisholm (engineer)">Roderick Chisholm</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Donald_Douglas" title="Walter Donald Douglas">Walter Donald Douglas</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Annie_Funk" title="Annie Funk">Annie Funk</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Futrelle" title="Jacques Futrelle">Jacques Futrelle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Unknown_Child_(Titanic_victim)" title="Unknown Child (Titanic victim)">Sidney Leslie Goodwin</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Guggenheim" title="Benjamin Guggenheim">Benjamin Guggenheim</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Harper_(pastor)" title="John Harper (pastor)">John Harper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_B._Harris" title="Henry B. Harris">Henry B. Harris</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wallace_Hartley" title="Wallace Hartley">Wallace Hartley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Melville_Hays" title="Charles Melville Hays">Charles Melville Hays</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ann_Elizabeth_Isham" title="Ann Elizabeth Isham">Ann Elizabeth Isham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Austin_Kent" title="Edward Austin Kent">Edward Austin Kent</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Philippe_Lemercier_Laroche" title="Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche">Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Davis_Millet" title="Francis Davis Millet">Francis Davis Millet</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Markland_Molson" title="Harry Markland Molson">Harry Markland Molson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Moore_(businessman)" title="Clarence Moore (businessman)">Clarence Moore</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Unknown_Child_(Titanic_victim)" title="Unknown Child (Titanic victim)">Eino Viljami Panula</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Emily_Ryerson" title="Emily Ryerson">Emily Ryerson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/W._T._Stead" title="W. T. Stead">W. T. Stead</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ida_Straus" title="Ida Straus">Ida Straus</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Isidor_Straus" title="Isidor Straus">Isidor Straus</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_B._Thayer" title="John B. Thayer">John B. Thayer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_M._Warren_Sr." title="Frank M. Warren Sr.">Frank M. Warren Sr.</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_D._Wick" title="George D. Wick">George D. Wick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Dunton_Widener" title="George Dunton Widener">George Dunton Widener</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Elkins_Widener" title="Harry Elkins Widener">Harry Elkins Widener</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Duane_Williams" title="Duane Williams">Duane Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Henry_Wright" title="George Henry Wright">George Henry Wright</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Survivors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rhoda_Abbott" title="Rhoda Abbott">Rhoda Abbott</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allison_family" title="Allison family">Trevor Allison</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lillian_Asplund" title="Lillian Asplund">Lillian Asplund</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Astor" title="Madeleine Astor">Madeleine Astor</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Passengers_of_the_Titanic" title="Passengers of the Titanic">Ruth Becker</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Beesley" title="Lawrence Beesley">Lawrence Beesley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Karl_Behr" title="Karl Behr">Karl Behr</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dickinson_Bishop" title="Dickinson Bishop">Dickinson Bishop</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mauritz_H%C3%A5kan_Bj%C3%B6rnstr%C3%B6m-Steffansson" title="Mauritz Håkan Björnström-Steffansson">Mauritz Håkan Björnström-Steffansson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elsie_Bowerman" title="Elsie Bowerman">Elsie Bowerman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Francis_Browne" title="Francis Browne">Francis Browne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Brown" title="Margaret Brown">Margaret "Molly" Brown</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Helen_Churchill_Candee" title="Helen Churchill Candee">Helen Churchill Candee</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Passengers_of_the_Titanic" title="Passengers of the Titanic">Charlotte Drake Cardeza</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lucile_Carter" title="Lucile Carter">Lucile Carter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Leslie,_Countess_of_Rothes#Titanic_disaster" title="Noël Leslie, Countess of Rothes">Gladys Cherry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Millvina_Dean" title="Millvina Dean">Millvina Dean</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cosmo_Duff-Gordon" title="Cosmo Duff-Gordon">Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lucy,_Lady_Duff-Gordon" title="Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon">Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Gibson" title="Dorothy Gibson">Dorothy Gibson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Gracie_IV" title="Archibald Gracie IV">Archibald Gracie IV</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_John_William_Goldsmith" title="Frank John William Goldsmith">Frank John William Goldsmith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edith_Haisman" title="Edith Haisman">Edith Haisman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_S._Harper" title="Henry S. Harper">Henry S. Harper</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eva_Hart" title="Eva Hart">Eva Hart</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Bechstein_Hays" title="Margaret Bechstein Hays">Margaret Bechstein Hays</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Masabumi_Hosono" title="Masabumi Hosono">Masabumi Hosono</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/J._Bruce_Ismay" title="J. Bruce Ismay">J. Bruce Ismay</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Ileen_Johnson" title="Eleanor Ileen Johnson">Eleanor Ileen Johnson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louise_Kink" title="Louise Kink">Louise Kink</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Philippe_Lemercier_Laroche" title="Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche">Louise Laroche</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Mannion" title="Margaret Mannion">Margaret Mannion</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michel_Marcel_Navratil" title="Michel Marcel Navratil">Michel Marcel Navratil</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Nourney" title="Alfred Nourney">Alfred Nourney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Godfrey_Peuchen" title="Arthur Godfrey Peuchen">Arthur Godfrey Peuchen</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jane_Quick" title="Jane Quick">Jane Quick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jane_Quick" title="Jane Quick">Winnifred Quick</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edith_Rosenbaum" title="Edith Rosenbaum">Edith Rosenbaum</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/No%C3%ABl_Leslie,_Countess_of_Rothes" title="Noël Leslie, Countess of Rothes">Noël Leslie, Countess of Rothes</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Emily_Ryerson" title="Emily Ryerson">Emily Ryerson</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Sandstr%C3%B6m" title="Agnes Sandström">Agnes Sandström</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Passengers_of_the_Titanic" title="Passengers of the Titanic">Beatrice Sandström</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frederic_Kimber_Seward" title="Frederic Kimber Seward">Frederic Kimber Seward</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eloise_Hughes_Smith" title="Eloise Hughes Smith">Eloise Hughes Smith</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Thayer" title="Jack Thayer">Jack Thayer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marian_Thayer" title="Marian Thayer">Marian Thayer</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barbara_West" title="Barbara West">Barbara West</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ella_Holmes_White" title="Ella Holmes White">Ella Holmes White</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/R._Norris_Williams" title="R. Norris Williams">R. Norris Williams</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marie_Grice_Young" title="Marie Grice Young">Marie Grice Young</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Memorials_and_monuments_to_victims_of_the_Titanic" title="Memorials and monuments to victims of the Titanic">Monuments<br />and memorials</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Australia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sturt_Street_Gardens#Titanic_Memorial_Bandstand" title="Sturt Street Gardens">Bandstand</a> (Ballarat)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">United Kingdom</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Memorial_to_Heroes_of_the_Marine_Engine_Room" title="Memorial to Heroes of the Marine Engine Room">Engine Room Heroes</a> (Liverpool)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Titanic_Engineers%27_Memorial" title="Titanic Engineers' Memorial">Engineers</a> (Southampton)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Titanic_Musicians%27_Memorial" title="Titanic Musicians' Memorial">Musicians</a> (Southampton)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Titanic_Memorial,_Belfast" title="Titanic Memorial, Belfast"><i>Titanic</i></a> (Belfast)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philharmonic_Hall,_Liverpool" title="Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool">Orchestra</a> (Liverpool)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">United States</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Straus_Park" title="Straus Park">Straus Park</a> (New York City)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Titanic_Memorial_(New_York_City)" title="Titanic Memorial (New York City)"><i>Titanic</i></a> (New York City)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Titanic_Memorial_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="Titanic Memorial (Washington, D.C.)"><i>Titanic</i></a> (Washington, D.C.)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Butt%E2%80%93Millet_Memorial_Fountain" title="Butt–Millet Memorial Fountain">Butt–Millet Memorial Fountain</a> (Washington, D.C.)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Titanic_in_popular_culture" title="Titanic in popular culture">Popular culture</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cultural_legacy_of_the_Titanic" title="Cultural legacy of the Titanic">(cultural legacy)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Books</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wreck_of_the_Titan:_Or,_Futility" title="The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility">The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility</a></i> (1898)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A_Night_to_Remember_(book)" title="A Night to Remember (book)"><i>A Night to Remember</i> (book)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Polar_the_Titanic_Bear" title="Polar the Titanic Bear">Polar the Titanic Bear</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_about_the_Titanic" title="List of films about the Titanic">Films</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Saved_from_the_Titanic" title="Saved from the Titanic">Saved from the Titanic</a></i> (1912)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/In_Nacht_und_Eis" title="In Nacht und Eis">In Nacht und Eis</a></i> (1912)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/La_hantise" title="La hantise">La hantise</a></i> (1912)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_(film)" title="Atlantic (film)">Atlantic</a></i> (1929)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Atlantik_(film)" title="Atlantik (film)">Atlantik</a></i> (1929)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(1943_film)" title="Titanic (1943 film)">Titanic</a></i> (1943)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(1953_film)" title="Titanic (1953 film)">Titanic</a></i> (1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Night_to_Remember_(1958_film)" title="A Night to Remember (1958 film)">A Night to Remember</a></i> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Unsinkable_Molly_Brown_(film)" title="The Unsinkable Molly Brown (film)">The Unsinkable Molly Brown</a></i> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Raise_the_Titanic_(film)" title="Raise the Titanic (film)">Raise the Titanic</a></i> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Secrets_of_the_Titanic" title="Secrets of the Titanic">Secrets of the Titanic</a></i> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanica" title="Titanica">Titanica</a></i> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(1997_film)" title="Titanic (1997 film)">Titanic</a></i> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chambermaid_on_the_Titanic" title="The Chambermaid on the Titanic">The Chambermaid on the Titanic</a></i> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Legend_of_the_Titanic" title="The Legend of the Titanic">The Legend of the Titanic</a></i> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic:_The_Legend_Goes_On" title="Titanic: The Legend Goes On">Titanic: The Legend Goes On</a></i> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Saw_the_Iceberg" title="The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg">The Boy Who Saw the Iceberg</a></i> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Ghosts_of_the_Abyss" title="Ghosts of the Abyss">Ghosts of the Abyss</a></i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Tentacolino" title="Tentacolino">Tentacolino</a></i> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_II_(film)" title="Titanic II (film)">Titanic II</a></i> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Six_(film)" title="The Six (film)">The Six</a></i> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_666" title="Titanic 666">Titanic 666</a></i> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Unsinkable_(film)" title="Unsinkable (film)">Unsinkable</a></i> (2024)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_films_about_the_Titanic#Television_movies_and_notable_episodes" title="List of films about the Titanic">Television</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/A_Night_to_Remember_(Kraft_Television_Theatre)" title="A Night to Remember (Kraft Television Theatre)">A Night to Remember</a>" (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/S.O.S._Titanic" title="S.O.S. Titanic">S.O.S. Titanic</a></i> (1979)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic:_The_Complete_Story" title="Titanic: The Complete Story">Titanic: The Complete Story</a></i> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(1996_miniseries)" title="Titanic (1996 miniseries)">Titanic</a></i> (1996 miniseries)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/No_Greater_Love_(1996_film)" title="No Greater Love (1996 film)"> No Greater Love</a></i> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A_Flight_to_Remember" title="A Flight to Remember">"A Flight to Remember" (<i>Futurama</i>)</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(2012_TV_series)" title="Titanic (2012 TV series)">Titanic</a></i> (2012 miniseries)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic:_Blood_and_Steel" title="Titanic: Blood and Steel">Titanic: Blood and Steel</a></i> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Saving_the_Titanic" title="Saving the Titanic">Saving the Titanic</a></i> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic:_The_Aftermath" title="Titanic: The Aftermath">Titanic: The Aftermath</a></i> (2012)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Theater</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Berg_(play)" title="The Berg (play)">The Berg</a></i> (1929) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Unsinkable_Molly_Brown_(musical)" title="The Unsinkable Molly Brown (musical)">The Unsinkable Molly Brown</a></i> (1960 musical)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(play)" title="Titanic (play)">Titanic</a></i> (1974) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_(musical)" title="Titanic (musical)">Titanic</a></i> (1997 musical)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/The_Titanic_(song)" title="The Titanic (song)">The <i>Titanic</i> (It Was Sad When That Great Ship Went Down)</a>" (folk song)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sinking_of_the_Titanic_(Bryars)" title="The Sinking of the Titanic (Bryars)">The Sinking of the Titanic</a></i> (music composition)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic:_Music_from_the_Motion_Picture" title="Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture">Titanic</a></i> (soundtrack album)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Back_to_Titanic" title="Back to Titanic">Back to Titanic</a></i> (soundtrack album)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/My_Heart_Will_Go_On" title="My Heart Will Go On">My Heart Will Go On</a>" (song)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Nearer,_My_God,_to_Thee#RMS_Titanic_and_SS_Valencia" title="Nearer, My God, to Thee">Nearer, My God, to Thee</a>" (song)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanique" title="Titanique">Titanique</a></i> (musical parody)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Dance_Band_on_the_Titanic_(song)" title="Dance Band on the Titanic (song)">Dance Band on the Titanic</a>" (song)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Titanic_(Falco_song)" title="Titanic (Falco song)">Titanic</a>" (song)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_Requiem" title="Titanic Requiem">Titanic Requiem</a></i> (music composition)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Tempest_(Bob_Dylan_song)" title="Tempest (Bob Dylan song)">Tempest</a>" (song)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_Rising" title="Titanic Rising">Titanic Rising</a></i> (album)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Video games</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Search_for_the_Titanic" title="Search for the Titanic">Search for the Titanic</a></i> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic:_Adventure_Out_of_Time" title="Titanic: Adventure Out of Time">Titanic: Adventure Out of Time</a></i> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic:_Honor_and_Glory" title="Titanic: Honor and Glory">Titanic: Honor and Glory</a></i> (TBA)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Museums<br />and exhibitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/SeaCity_Museum" title="SeaCity Museum">SeaCity Museum</a> (Southampton)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Titanic_Museum_(Branson,_Missouri)" title="Titanic Museum (Branson, Missouri)"><i>Titanic</i> Museum (Branson, Missouri)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Titanic_Museum_(Pigeon_Forge,_Tennessee)" title="Titanic Museum (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee)"><i>Titanic</i> Museum (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maritime_Museum_of_the_Atlantic" title="Maritime Museum of the Atlantic">Maritime Museum of the Atlantic</a> (Halifax)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Titanic_Belfast" title="Titanic Belfast"><i>Titanic</i> Belfast</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Titanic,_Saskatchewan" title="Titanic, Saskatchewan">Titanic (Canada)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Titanic_Canyon" title="Titanic Canyon">Titanic Canyon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Titanic_Quarter" title="Titanic Quarter">Titanic Quarter, Belfast</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cape_Race" title="Cape Race">Cape Race, Newfoundland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fairview_Lawn_Cemetery" title="Fairview Lawn Cemetery">Fairview Lawn Cemetery</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Olivet_Cemetery_(Halifax,_Nova_Scotia)" title="Mount Olivet Cemetery (Halifax, Nova Scotia)">Mount Olivet Cemetery (Halifax, Nova Scotia)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arrol_Gantry" title="Arrol Gantry">Arrol Gantry</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Titanic,_Oklahoma" title="Titanic, Oklahoma">Titanic, Oklahoma</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/RMS_Baltic_(1903)" title="RMS Baltic (1903)">RMS <i>Baltic</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/RMS_Olympic" title="RMS Olympic">RMS <i>Olympic</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/HMHS_Britannic" title="HMHS Britannic">HMHS <i>Britannic</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/SS_Mount_Temple" title="SS Mount Temple">SS <i>Mount Temple</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/RMS_Carpathia" title="RMS Carpathia">RMS <i>Carpathia</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/SS_Californian" title="SS Californian">SS <i>Californian</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/CS_Mackay-Bennett" title="CS Mackay-Bennett">CS <i>Mackay-Bennett</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/SS_Birma" title="SS Birma">SS <i>Birma</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/SS_Frankfurt" title="SS Frankfurt">SS <i>Frankfurt</i></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Replica_Titanic" title="Replica Titanic">Replica <i>Titanic</i></a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Titanic_II" title="Titanic II">Titanic II</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Romandisea_Titanic" title="Romandisea Titanic">Romandisea <i>Titanic</i></a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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