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PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



this dude is my hero.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

who is he?
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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who is he?


Take a look at my signature. And while you're at it, take a look at my location. Very Happy
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Thomas Andrews was born at Ardara House, Comber, County Down, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), to the Right Honourable Thomas Andrews Sr., a member of the Privy Council of Ireland, and Eliza Pirrie. The younger brother to future Northern Ireland Prime Minister John Miller Andrews, Thomas Andrews lived with his family in Ardara, Comber. In 1884, Andrews began attending the Royal Belfast Academical Institution until 1889 when, at the age of sixteen, he began a premium apprenticeship at Harland and Wolff where his uncle William James Pirrie was part owner.

At Harland and Wolff, he began with three months in the joiners' shop, followed by a month in the cabinetmakers' and then a further two months working on the ships. The last eighteen months of his five-year apprenticeship were spent in the drawing office. In 1901, Andrews, after working his way up through the many departments of the company, became the manager of the construction works. That same year, he also became a member of the Institution of Naval Architects. In 1907, Andrews was appointed the managing director and head of the draughting department at Harland and Wolff. During his long years of apprenticeship, study, and work, Andrews had become well liked in the company and amongst the shipyards employees.

On June 24, 1908, he married Helen Reilly Barbour, with whom he had a daughter, Elizabeth Law Barber Andrews (known by her initials, "ELBA"), in 1910. The couple lived at "Dunallan", Windsow Avenue, Belfast. It is known that Andrews took Helen to view the RMS Titanic one night, shortly before Elizabeth was born. After Thomas' death, Helen re-married Henry Peirson Harland (of the Harland and Wolff family) and died August 22, 1966 in Northern Ireland.

In 1907, Andrews began to oversee the plans for a new superliner, the RMS Olympic for the White Star Line. The Olympic and its sister ship the RMS Titanic, which began construction in 1909, were designed by William Pirrie and general manager Alexander Carlisle along with Andrews. As he had done for the other ships he had overseen, Andrews familiarized himself with every detail of the Olympic and Titanic, in order to ensure that they were in optimal working order.

Andrews headed a group of Harland and Wolff workers who went on the maiden voyages of the ships built by the company, to observe ship operations and spot any necessary improvements. The Titanic was no exception, so Andrews and the rest of his Harland and Wolff group travelled from Belfast to Southampton on Titanic for the beginning of Titanic's maiden voyage on April 10, 1912. During the voyage, Andrews took notes on various improvements he felt were needed. However, on April 14, Andrews remarked to a friend that Titanic was "as nearly perfect as human brains can make her."

On April 14, at 11:40 PM, the Titanic struck an iceberg on the ship’s starboard side. Andrews had been in his stateroom sleeping at the time, and barely noticed the collision. Captain Edward J. Smith had Andrews summoned to help examine the damage. Andrews determined that there was nothing that could be done and that the Titanic would sink.

As the evacuation of the Titanic began, Andrews searched staterooms telling the passengers to put on lifebelts and go up on deck. Fully aware of the short time the ship had left and of the lack of lifeboat space for all passengers and crew, he continued to urge reluctant people into the lifeboats in the hope of filling them as fully as possible. According to John Stewart, a steward on the ship, Andrews was last seen staring at a painting, "Approach to the New World", above the fireplace in the first–class smoking room. The painting depicted the entrance to Plymouth Sound, which Titanic had been expected to visit on her return voyage. The painting is often incorrectly shown on television and in movies as depicting the entrance to New York Harbor. Andrews' body was never recovered.

Finally, on April 19, his father received a telegram from his mother's cousin, who had spoken with survivors in New York, searching for news of Andrews. The telegram was read aloud by Andrews Sr. to the staff of the home in Comber: INTERVIEW TITANIC'S OFFICERS. ALL UNANIMOUS THAT ANDREWS HEROIC UNTO DEATH, THINKING ONLY SAFETY OTHERS. EXTEND HEARTFELT SYMPATHY TO ALL.

Newspaper accounts of the disaster labelled Andrews a hero. Mary Sloan, a stewardess on the ship who Andrews persuaded to enter a lifeboat, later wrote in a letter: "Mr. Andrews met his fate like a true hero, realizing the great danger, and gave up his life to save the women and children of the Titanic. They will find it hard to replace him." A short biography was produced within the year by Shan Bullock at the request of Sir Horace Plunkett, a member of parliament, who felt that Andrews' life was worthy of being memorialised. In his home town, Comber, one of the earliest and most substantial memorials for a single victim of the Titanic disaster was built. The Thomas Andrews Jr. Memorial Hall was opened in January 1914. The architects were Young and McKenzie with sculpted work by the artist Sophia Rosamond Praegar. The hall is now maintained by the South Eastern Education Board and used by The Andrews Memorial Primary School.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Cloud_ax wrote:
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Very Happy
Very Happy Very Happy
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Jm_bYtSrNEk


damn. them thestrals are sexy.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

JOHN WILLIAMS IS GOD!!!!!
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JOHN WILLIAMS IS GOD!!!!!
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PolkadotConfederation wrote:
JOHN WILLIAMS IS GOD!!!!!
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Okay, if he isn't God, tell me how he was able to create the incredible theme songs for the following movies:

-Indiana Jones
-Star Wars
-Harry Potter
-Jaws
-ET
-Schindler's List


Seriously, that man is freaking amazing.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PolkadotConfederation wrote:
Cloud_ax wrote:
PolkadotConfederation wrote:
JOHN WILLIAMS IS GOD!!!!!
Shocked


Okay, if he isn't God, tell me how he was able to create the incredible theme songs for the following movies:

-Indiana Jones
-Star Wars
-Harry Potter
-Jaws
-ET
-Schindler's List


Seriously, that man is freaking amazing.
magic powers? Laughing
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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magic powers? Laughing


I call them supreme omnipotent powers.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qmHJP46Hg6w


Listen to that whole thing.

I swear this man is incredible.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

His amazing composing skillz make me cry.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

PolkadotConfederation wrote:
His amazing composing skillz make me cry.
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