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General History/Questions Answered by Expert Lee Gilliland
| Subject | Date Asked |
| American History | 12/13/2009 |
| Q: I need help with one of my homework essays, I would very much appreciate your input. thank you i ... A: Wow, interesting question. The problem is, my expertise is the Titanic, which was a British ship, ... | |
| Titanic Survivors | 10/16/2009 |
| Q: I am doing a project on the Titanic survivors and with the person I have I can't find any pictures. ... A: I have been looking for two days in my library and online and have not been able to find a single ... | |
| history book | 9/30/2008 |
| Q: I know almost nothing about the U.S. Government, Political Process, or history of this country. I am ... A: OK, there's A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present by Howard Zinn for the general ... | |
| Titanic | 9/2/2008 |
| Q: How did Captain John Smith die? Whose death created the most newspaper publicity? What ship was 10 ... A: No one know precisely how Captain Smith actually died, although stories about it abound. One version ... | |
| The Titanic | 8/19/2008 |
| Q: Was there really a man named Tommy Ryan on the titanic,or was he just someone they made up, for the ... A: There was a Thomas Ryan on the Titanic with the Victualling department. He was listed as a steward. ... | |
| binoculars | 6/26/2008 |
| Q: I know this is a "what if" question. If the two guys who were watching the front of ship, had ... A: Your friend is right, it would not have helped, but - Binoculars are very useful identifying ... | |
| Titanic question | 3/20/2008 |
| Q: Now days, when a ship sinks, a lot of lawsuits and insurance claims happen. And there is the ... A: Things were indeed very different then. For one thing, it wasn't considered "proper" to put a price ... | |
| She? | 3/6/2008 |
| Q: Lee This is gonna sound like a weird question but Im not a native English speaker and thus, I have ... A: It's not a weird question, it's something everyone asks when they first encounter the custom. It is ... | |
| Mummy | 8/14/2007 |
| Q: Do you have any knowledge of the legend that states that there was an Egyptian mummy on the Titanic ... A: I've heard the legend, but it's nonsense (one version of it has the mummy being taken off the ... | |
| Egyptian Mummy on the Titanic ? | 4/27/2007 |
| Q: There has been some correspondence in my local newspaper recently about an Egyptian mummy being ... A: Be warned, I find this one fun - no, there was no mummy. Snopes.com does an excellent job on the ... | |
| Titanic | 1/17/2007 |
| Q: I'm an 8th grade student working on a National History Day project, my subject is the Titanic. I ... A: A lot of the people did know it was sinking - the Captain, and the man who built her, Thomas ... | |
| How was it built | 5/26/2006 |
| Q: I am doing a project where I am re-inventing the Titanic. Please let me know what materials went ... A: Actually, it wasn't a question of materals at all. There were two big mistakes; she did not have a ... | |
| Project | 4/22/2006 |
| Q: I am doing a report on the Titanic and a lot of these, i need to be right, and i wasnt sure. So if ... A: Wow, a lot of questions. OK: 1. The Carpathia saw a lot of icebergs, and it had to dodge more ... | |
| Titanic Suction | 3/8/2006 |
| Q: Is it true that that there was an incredible suction as the ship went down? I know this was shown in ... A: There was some suction, as anything that displaces water will create drag, and the larger the ship, ... | |
| Titanic Victims | 3/6/2006 |
| Q: I recently watched the Titanic movie again as well as the Discovery Channel special about the ... A: The majority of the bodies were never found. Drowning victims especially are a problem, as it is ... | |
| RMS Titanic | 2/28/2006 |
| Q: we are a group of four students doing a project on the Titanic. We would like to know if the ... A: No, the sinking could not have been sabatoge - how can you plan to ram an iceberg? The binoculars ... | |
| im doing an essay on the philosophy... | 2/20/2006 |
| Q: im doing an essay on the philosophy of history, can u help me with this Whats the meaning of the ... A: A country that does not remember its mistakes will never learn from them, now will it? It will make ... | |
| Titanic | 7/1/2005 |
| Q: Do you think the titanic would make an interesting topic for my extended essay paper for IB? Any ... A: IB? Not familiar with that, but I always think the Titanic is fascinating, there are so many ... | |
| Info on the Titanic | 4/13/2005 |
| Q: Followup To Question - Hi, I am writing a research paper on the Titanic. I need to know what ... A: Well, in order to build a ship you need a lot of different things. Titanic was built using huge ... | |
| Titanic | 3/28/2005 |
| Q: I'm writing a ghost story around the Titanic. Can you tell me how many dives have been to ... A: Dives, or expeditions? There have been quite a few expeditions -three Ballard, two Cameron, several ... | |
| titanic stern | 5/31/2004 |
| Q: I recall that at the time of the sinking some of the passengers thought that the broken-off section ... A: Not by the iceberg, no. However, a number of other things come into play here - a) although the ... | |
| Rations on 19th Century Brigs? | 2/26/2004 |
| Q: I realize that this may be completely off topic for you, but do you know anything about the way food ... A: There were a number of ways meat was kept on brigs. Salted was one of the most common, as was dried ... | |
General History
Answers by Expert:
Lee Gilliland
Top Expert on this page
Expertise
I can answer questions about the RMS Titanic, her sinking, passengers, etc.
Experience
Late of the Titanic-Titanic, Encyclopedia Titanica and Titanic.com, co-owner of TEAMTitanic and Teen Titanic message boards and forums, as well as webmaster for http://www.alexisgilliland.org/tit1.html (site of some Titanic Cartoons)
Organizations
British Titanic Society, Titanic Historical Society
Publications
WSFA Journal
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