In 1886 the writer William H. Stead published an article criticizing the safety standards of passeng

In 1886 the writer William H. Stead published an article criticizing the safety standards of passenger liners, most notably the lack of lifeboats.Six years later he wrote a novel, From the Old World to the New,  in which a ship collides with an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sinks.In April of 1912 he was invited to address a peace conference by President Taft.  He died being one of the ill fated passengers of the Titanic. -- source link

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