From ship's cook to baronet : Sir William Reardon Smith's life in shipping, 1856-1935. / David Jenkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jenkins, David, 1957 September 25-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Smith, William Reardon, 1856-1935.

Smith, William Reardon.

Shipowners--Wales--Cardiff--Biography.

Shipowners.

Shipping.

Wales--Cardiff.

Shipping--Wales--Cardiff--19th century.

Shipping--Wales--Cardiff--20th century.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, in association with Amgueddfa Cymru-National Museum Wales, 2011.

Summary:

The lite of Sir William Reardon Smith embodies the rags to riches ideal - born to mid-nineteenth century poverty on the north Devon coast, drawn to an early life at sea that quickly saw him becoming a master mariner and, eventually, firmly established as a powerful shipowner in Cardiff, before the baronetcy and philanthropy of his later life. Among the beneficiaries during his lifetime were the Reardon Smith Nautical School, Cardiff Royal Infirmary and, of course, the National Museum of Wales that today boasts the famous Reardon Smith Theatre. Book jacket.

Contents:

Sir William Recollects Recollects, William, Sir 1870-95 15

Master Mariner, Shipowner and Philanthropist, 1895-1935 55.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

9780708324233

0708324231

OCLC:

711051025