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Thomas Andrews
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British businessman and shipbuilder (1873–1912)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1873-02-07 ) 7 February 1873, Comber , County Down, Ireland
- Died
- 15 April 1912 (1912-04-15) (aged 39), North Atlantic Ocean
- Occupations
- Businessman shipbuilder
- Title
- Managing director of Harland and Wolff
- Spouse
- Helen Reilly Barbour ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1908 )
- Relatives
- William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie (uncle) J. M. Andrews (brother) Sir James Andrews, 1st Baronet (brother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Family name
- Andrews
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Comber
- Place of death
- Titanic
- Sibling
- J. M. Andrews
- Occupation
- engineer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- shipbuilding
- Image
- Thomas Andrews ül.jpg
- Residence
- County Down
- Significant event
- Sinking of the Titanic
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- Commons category
- Thomas Andrews
- date of birth
- 1873-02-07
- date of death
- 1912-04-15
- name in native language
- Thomas Andrews Jr.
- member of the crew of
- Titanic
- cause of death
- drowning
- different from
- Thomas Andrews
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Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Andrews Jr. (7 February 1873 – 15 April 1912) was a British businessman and shipbuilder, who was managing director and head of the drafting department of the shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Ireland.
Andrews was one of the architects in charge of the plans for the Olympic-class ocean liners, most notably the RMS Titanic. He perished along with more than 1,500 people when the ship sank on her maiden voyage.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thomas Andrews” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.