John Jacob Astor IV
John Jacob Astor IV (July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, and writer. He was a lieutenant colonel in the Spanish-American War.
Astor was born on July 13, 1864 in Rhinebeck, New York.[1] He studied at Harvard University. Astor was married to Ava Lowle Willing from 1891 until they divorced in 1909. He was later married to Madeleine Talmage Force from 1911 until his death in 1912. He had two children with Willing and one before his death with Force. Astor died on April 15, 1912 during the sinking of the Titanic. He was 47 years old.
In James Cameron's Titanic, he is played by actor Eric Braeden.
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John Jacob Astor IV in 1909
John Jacob Astor IV as Henry IV of France
Astor Battery on parade, January 1899
Astor and his second wife Madeleine Talmage Force
Ferncliff, the Astor family's country estate in Rhinebeck, New York
The New York Herald report of the sinking of Titanic. Most reports featured the Astors in the headlines.
Astor with his wife, Madeleine Force Astor, and their Airedale, Kitty
Gold Waltham pocket watch similar to the one Astor wore aboard RMS Titanic
840 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan
Beechwood, the Astors' summer home in Newport, Rhode Island
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References
- ↑ "John Jacob Astor IV". titanic-passengers.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
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