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Benjamin Guggenheim (October 26, 1865 – April 15, 1912) was an American businessman. He died aboard RMS Titanic when the ship foundered off Cape Race, Newfoundland. This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ...
This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ...
is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ...
is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
For other uses, see Titanic (disambiguation). ...
Early life
Benjamin Guggenheim was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the fifth of seven sons of the wealthy mining magnate Meyer Guggenheim (1828 - 1905) and Barbara Myers (1834 - 1900). In 1894, he married Florette Seligman (1870 - 1937) [1], daughter of James and Rosa née, Content, Seligman, president of J & W Seligman. They had three daughters: Benita Rosalind Guggenheim (1895 - 1927), Marguerite 'Peggy' Guggenheim (1898 - 1979) and Barbara Hazel Guggenheim (1903 - 1995). Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States State Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Mayor John F. Street (D) Area - City 369. ...
Meyer Guggenheim (February 1, 1828 - March 15, 1905) was the patriarch of what became known as the Guggenheim family. ...
Joseph Seligman J. & W. Seligman & Co. ...
Peggy Guggenheim (August 26, 1898 – December 23, 1979) was an American art collector. ...
While Guggenheim inherited a great deal of money from his father, he did not inherit his father's business acumen. His inheritance dwindled considerably from a number of poor investments. He grew distant from his wife and, ostensibly for business reasons, was frequently away from their New York City home. He maintained an apartment in Paris, France. New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...
The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...
Aboard the Titanic Guggenheim boarded the RMS Titanic and was accompanied by his mistress, a French singer named Madame Léontine Aubart (1887-1964), his valet, Victor Giglio (1888-1912), his chauffeur, René Pernot (1872-1912), and Madame Aubart's maid Emma Sägesser (1887-1964). His ticket number was 17593 and cost £79 4s (other sources give the price as £56 18s 7d). He and Giglio occupied stateroom cabin no. B82 while Aubart and Sägesser occupied cabin no. B35. Pernot occupied an unknown cabin in second class. For other uses, see Titanic (disambiguation). ...
Guggenheim and Giglio slept through the Titanic's encounter with the iceberg only to be awakened just after midnight ship's time by Aubart and Sägesser, who had felt the collision. Sägesser later quoted Giglio as saying, "Never mind, icebergs! What is an iceberg?" Guggenheim was persuaded to awaken and dress; Bedroom Steward Henry Samuel Etches helped him on with a lifebelt and a heavy sweater before sending him, Giglio, and the two ladies up to the Boat Deck.
As Aubart and Sägesser reluctantly entered Lifeboat No. 9, Guggenheim spoke to the maid in German, saying, "We will soon see each other again! It's just a repair. Tomorrow the Titanic will go on again". Realising that the situation was much more serious than he had implied, As well as realising he was not going to be rescued, he then returned to his cabin with Giglio and the two men changed into evening wear. He was later heard to remark, "We've dressed up in our best and are prepared to go down like gentlemen." He also gave a survivor a message saying, "If anything should happen to me, tell my wife I've done my best in doing my duty." Guggenheim, Giglio, and Pernot were lost in the disaster. Their bodies, if recovered, were never identified.
Legacy in popular culture Benjamin Guggenheim was one of the most prominent American victims of the Titanic disaster. As such, he has been a character in the numerous movies and television series depicting the sinking. In the 1997 film Titanic, he was portrayed by Michael Ensign. He was played by Camillo Guercio (in an uncredited role) in the 1953 movie of the same name and by Harold Goldblatt in A Night to Remember. John Moffatt played him in 1979's S.O.S. Titanic for television. For the band, see 1997 (band). ...
Titanic is a 1997 American romance film directed, written, produced and edited by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. ...
}} Michael Ensign (born February 13, 1944) is a British-American actor. ...
Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Titanic is a 1953 dramatic movie directed by Jean Negulesco. ...
A Night to Remember is a 1958 film adaptation of Walter Lords book of the same name, recounting the final night of the RMS Titanic. ...
Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ...
S.O.S. Titanic (1979) is a television movie that covers the doomed 1912 voyage as it is experienced by two second-class passengers, one played by David Warner, who would go on to play a personal security person to a first-class passenger in the 1997 film Titanic. ...
References - ^ Guggenheim-Seligman : New York Times (1894) - 25 October 1894
See also Titanics forward Grand Staircase. ...
The Guggenheim family refers to a number of descendants of Meyer Guggenheim who were known for their successes in mining and smelting, and later for their philanthropy in diverse areas such as modern art and aviation. ...
External links and references - Encyclopedia Titanica Biography of Benjamin Guggenheim
- Encyclopedia Titanica Biography of Emma Sägesser
- Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy, by John P. Eaton and Charles A. Haas, W.W. Newton & Company, 2nd edition 1995 ISBN 0-393-03697-9
- A Night to Remember, by Walter Lord, ed. Nathaniel Hilbreck, Owl Books, rep. 2004, ISBN 0-8050-7764-2
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