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Lawrence Beesley was born on December 31st, 1877, in Wirksworth, Derbyshire. He is the son of Henry and Annie Beesley.
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Lawrence had seven siblings, Frederick Arnold, Ernest, Edith Anne, Lewis Henry, Cyril James, Frank Meredith,and Arthur Campbell.
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He married Gertrude Cecile Macbeth in 1901.
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Lawrence and Gertrude had a son, Alec Macbeth Beesley.
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She died in 1906 due to a respiratory disease she had been fighting for three years.
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Beesley published his book "The Loss of the S.S. Titanic" in 1912, based on his own personal experience.
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He boarded the Titanic on April 10th, 1912 as a second class passenger to go visit his brother in Toronto.
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Lawrence remarried to Muriel "Mollie" Greenwood, and they had three sons together.
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Beesley died on February 14th, 1967.
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Lawrence had many jobs such as being an author, journalist, scholar, prizeman, lecturer, English teacher, and science teacher.