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| name = Walter Lord | image = Walter Lord.jpg | alt = Walter Lord, 1958 | caption = Walter Lord, 1958 | pseudonym = | birth_name = John Walter Lord Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1917|10|8}} | birth_place = Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2002|5|19|1917|10|8}} | death_place = Manhattan, New York, U.S. | resting_place = Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland | occupation = Historian | language = | nationality = American | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = Princeton University; Yale Law School | period = 1952–1986 | genre = Narrative history | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | relatives = | awards = Francis Parkman Prize for Special Achievement (1994)[1] | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = | imagesize = 250px }} John Walter Lord Jr. (October 8, 1917 – May 19, 2002) was an American author and historian, best known for his documentary-style non-fiction account A Night to Remember (1955), about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. Early lifeLord was born in Baltimore, Maryland to John Walter Lord Sr. and Henrietta MacTier (Hoffman) Lord on October 8, 1917. His father, who was a lawyer, died when Lord was just three years old. Lord's grandfather, Richard Curzon Hoffman, was president of the Baltimore Steam Packet Company ("Old Bay Line") steamship firm in the 1890s.[2] In July 1925, at the age of 7, Lord traveled across the Atlantic Ocean with his mother and sister, from New York to Cherbourg and Southampton, on the RMS Olympic,[3] the Titanic{{'}}s sister ship.[4] Like many Gilman boys, he spent many summers at Hyde Bay Camp for Boys in Cooperstown, NY[5]), where he was awarded the honorary title of "The Commodore" and later returned to reign over many annual camp events, like the eight inch regatta and closing barbecue and bonfire. Following high school at Baltimore's Gilman School, he studied history at Princeton University and graduated in 1939.[6] Lord then enrolled at Yale Law School, interrupting his studies to join the United States Army after the attack on Pearl Harbor. During World War II, he was assigned to the Office of Strategic Services as a code clerk in London, in 1942. He was the agency's secretariat when the war ended in 1945. Afterwards, Lord returned to Yale, where he earned a degree in law.[6] CareerLord wrote, or edited and annotated 11 bestselling books[7] on such diverse subjects as the Attack on Pearl Harbor (Day of Infamy, 1957), the Battle of Midway (Incredible Victory, 1967), the Battle of the Alamo (A Time to Stand, 1961), the Battle of Baltimore (The Dawn's Early Light, 1972), Arctic exploration (Peary to the Pole, 1963), pre-World War I America (The Good Years: From 1900 to the First World War, 1960), Coastwatchers (Lonely Vigil, 1977), the Dunkirk evacuation (The Miracle of Dunkirk, 1982), and the civil rights struggle (The Past That Would Not Die, 1965[8]). Shortly after going to work as a copywriter for the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency in New York City, Lord published The Fremantle Diary, edited and annotated from the journals of the British officer and Confederate sympathizer, Arthur Fremantle, who toured the South for three months in 1863. It became a mild, but surprising, success in 1954, as Lord was well into completing A Night to Remember, which would win him much popular acclaim. A Night to Remember, about the sinking of the RMS Titanic, became a bestseller in 1955 and was made into a popular 1958 British movie of the same name. The historian tracked down 63 Titanic survivors and wrote a dramatic, minute-by-minute account of the ocean liner's sinking during her maiden voyage.[6] Lord's knowledge of the Titanic catastrophe achieved considerable renown, and he frequently lectured at meetings of the Titanic Historical Society. In his final years, Lord wrote another book about the Titanic titled The Night Lives On: Thoughts, Theories and Revelations about the Titanic,[9] published in 1986, a year after the wreck of the Titanic was discovered and interest in the Titanic renewed again. In the next decade, Lord served as a consultant to director James Cameron during the filming of Titanic (1997). The sequel documentary to Cameron's film Titanic, Ghosts of the Abyss (2003), was dedicated to Lord's memory.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}} DeathLord, a lifelong bachelor, died at age 84 on May 19, 2002, after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease, at his Manhattan home.[6] Noted historian David McCullough said of Lord at his death, "He was one of the most generous and kind-hearted men I've ever known, and when I had stars in my eyes and wanted to become a writer, he was a great help. I'll always be indebted to him."[6] Lord is buried in his maternal family's plot at historic Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore. His grave is marked by a marble bench listing the books he authored. BiographyIn 2009, Jenny Lawrence edited and published The Way It Was: Walter Lord on His Life and Books. In the late 1980s, Lawrence had recorded hours of interviews she had with Lord, in which he discussed his writing and life. After chapters on his early life in Baltimore and up to his time with the OSS in London and Paris, chapters are devoted to his research and writing of each of his books.[10] PublicationsLord published 12 historical works:[11][12]
See also{{Portal|Biography}}References1. ^{{Cite web |url = http://sah.columbia.edu/content/francis-parkman-prize-special-achievement |title = Francis Parkman Prize for Special Achievement – The Society of American Historians |work = sah.columbia.edu |accessdate = August 31, 2010 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100823022713/http://sah.columbia.edu/content/francis-parkman-prize-special-achievement |archivedate = August 23, 2010 |df = mdy-all}} 2. ^{{cite book |author=Alexander Crosby Brown |title=Steam Packets on the Chesapeake |publisher=Cornell Maritime Press |location=Cambridge, Maryland |year=1961 |lccn=61012580 }} 3. ^UK Southampton Incoming Passenger List dated July 16, 1925 4. ^{{Cite web|url= http://www.titanic1.org/articles/memories-olympic1.html |title=Titanic Historical Society, Inc. : Walter Lord Memories of the Olympic|work=titanic1.org|accessdate=April 9, 2012}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url= http://www.hydebay.net/HistoricCampers/Walter%20Lord%20-%20BillyLynn.html |title=Hyde Bay Camp For Boys, Walter Lord At Hyde Bay Camp}} 6. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|author=Frederick N. Rasmussen|title=Baltimore-born author dies, wrote classic Titanic book|date=May 21, 2002|publisher=The Baltimore Sun}} 7. ^Lord edited and annotated but did not write The Fremantle Diary (1954). 8. ^{{cite book| isbn=978-0-06-012700-8|author=Lord, Walter|work=The Past That Would Not Die|title=The Past That Would Not Die|publisher=Harpercollins|date=June 1965}} 9. ^{{cite book|last=Lord|first=Walter|title=The Night Lives On: Thoughts, Theories and Revelations about the Titanic|year=1986|publisher=Penguin|location=London|isbn=0-14-027900-8}} 10. ^{{cite book |title=The Way It Was: Walter Lord on His Life and Books The Titanic Historical Society, Inc.>|editor1-last=Lawrence |editor1-first=Jenny |date=July 2009 |publisher=Ubuildabook |location= |isbn=978-0-615-25973-4 }} 11. ^{{Cite web |url = http://www.titanic1.org/people/walter-lord.html |title = Titanic Historical Society, Inc. : Walter Lord |work = titanic1.org |accessdate = August 31, 2010 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20020715092906/http://www.titanic1.org/people/walter-lord.html |archivedate = July 15, 2002 |df = mdy-all}} 12. ^{{Cite web |url= http://www.princeton.edu/matheycollege/council-and-clubs/walter-lord-society/ |title=Mathey College – Walter Lord Society |work=princeton.edu |accessdate=August 31, 2010}} 13. ^{{cite book|last=Lord|first=Walter|year=1986|title=The Night Lives On | publisher=Morrow|location=New York|isbn=9780688049393|edition=1st|quote=Full title of some later editions: The Night Lives On: Thoughts, Theories and Revelations about the Titanic.}} Further reading
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