George D. Widener

George Dunton Widener (June 10, 1861 - April 15, 1912) was an American businessman who died in the sinking of the Titanic. Born in Philadelphia, he was the eldest son of Hannah Josephine Dunton (1836-1896) and the extremely wealthy entrepreneur Peter A. B. Widener (1834-1915). June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1861 is a common year starting on Tuesday. ... April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 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). ... RMS Titanic was an Olympic class passenger liner that became infamous for its collision with an iceberg and dramatic sinking in 1912. ... Philadelphia is a village located in Jefferson County, New York. ...

George Widener joined his father's business and eventually took over the running of the Philadelphia Traction Company and oversaw the development of cable and electric streetcar operations. He also served on the Board of Directors of several important area businesses. A patron of the arts, Widener was a Director of the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts. a historic postcard showing electric trolley-powered streetcars in Richmond, Virginia, where Frank J. Sprague successfully demonstrated his new system on the hills in 1888 A streetcar is a railway vehicle designed to carry passengers on tracks, usually laid in city streets. ... In relation to a company, a director is an officer of the company charged with the conduct and management of the affairs of the company. ...

In 1883, he married Eleanor Elkins, the daughter of his father's business partner, William Lukens Elkins. They had sons Harry Elkins Widener (b. 1885), George Dunton Widener, Jr. (b. 1889) and a daughter, Eleanor Widener (b. 1891). The family lived at Lynnewood Hall, his father's 110 room Georgian-style mansion in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Harry Elkins Widener (January 3, 1885 – April 15, 1912) was a book collector from the United States. ... A Georgian house in Salisbury Georgian architecture at Royal Crescent, Bath, seen from a hot air balloon. ... Elkins Park is a unincorporated community in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia area of Pennsylvania. ...

In 1912 George Widener, his wife, and their son Harry traveled to Paris, France, booking their return passage on the RMS Titanic. After the ship struck an iceberg, his wife and her maid were placed in a lifeboat and eventually were rescued by the steamship Carpathia. George Dunton Widener and his son Harry both went down with the ship. A Memorial service for them was held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Philadelphia where stained glass windows were dedicated in their memory. Part of the Paris skyline with from left to right: Montparnasse Tower, Eiffel Tower, and in the background, towers of neighboring La Défense. ... An iceberg (a partial loan translation, probably from Dutch ijsberg (literally: mountain of ice),[1] cognate to German Eisberg) is a large piece of ice that has broken off from a snow-formed glacier or ice shelf and is floating in open water. ... RMS Carpathia The RMS Carpathia was a Cunard Line transatlantic passenger steamship built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson. ... Strictly speaking, stained glass is glass that has been painted with silver stain and then fired. ...