Archibald Gracie IV
| Archibald Gracie IV | |
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| Born |
January 15, 1858 Mobile, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | December 4, 1912 (aged 54) New York City, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Complications from diabetes |
| Resting place | Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
St. Paul's School United States Military Academy |
| Occupation | Writer, amateur historian, real estate investor |
| Known for | Survivor of the RMS Titanic |
| Parent(s) |
Archibald Gracie III Josephine Archibald |
Colonel Archibald Gracie IV (January 15, 1858 – December 4, 1912) was an American writer, amateur historian, real estate investor, and survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. He was the last survivor to leave the ship and the first adult survivor to die after rescue. He survived the sinking by climbing aboard an overturned collapsible lifeboat and wrote a popular book about the disaster, which is still in print today.
Gracie was born in Mobile, Alabama, a member of the wealthy Scottish-American Gracie family of New York. He was a namesake and direct descendant of the Archibald Gracie who had built Gracie Mansion, the current official residence of the mayor of New York City, in 1799. His father, Archibald Gracie III, had been an officer with the Washington Light Infantry of the Confederate army during the American Civil War, serving at the Battle of Chickamauga before dying at Petersburg, Virginia, in 1864. Young Archibald attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire and the United States Military Academy (though he did not graduate), and eventually became a colonel of the 7th New York Militia. he was married to Constance Elise Schack and had two daughters, Constance Julie (1891-1903), and Edith Temple (1894-1918). in 1903, Constance Julie Gracie was crushed to death in an elevator in the Hôtel de la Trémoïlle in Paris, France and Edith Temple Gracie married, but died not long after in 1918.
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