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From Ship's Cook to Baronet - Sir William Reardon Smith's Life in Shipping, 1856-1935 — Sir William Reardon Smith's Life in Shipping, 1856-1935
From Ship's Cook to Baronet - Sir William Reardon Smith's Life in Shipping, 1856-1935 — Sir William Reardon Smith's Life in Shipping, 1856-1935
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Roedd Syr William Reardon Smith (1856-1935) yn un o'r ffigyrau mwyaf blaenllaw yn ne Cymru ar ddechrau'r ugeinfed ganrif. Roedd yn enghraifft o ddyn a weithiodd ei ffordd o dlodi i gyfoeth - dechreuodd ar ei yrfa fel cogydd a chynorthwyydd ar long, cyn gwneud ei ffortiwn yn y diwydiant llongau pan oedd masnachu glo ar ei anterth yng Nghymru.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
Sir William Reardon Smith (1856-1935) was one of the foremost figures in south Wales in the early twentieth century. His was a classic story of 'rags to riches' - starting life as a deck-hand and ship's cook, he made a fortune in the shipping industry at the zenith of the Welsh coal trade.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9780708324233
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9780708324233
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- From Ship's Cook to Baronet - Sir William Reardon Smith's Life in Shipping, 1856-1935 — Sir William Reardon Smith's Life in Shipping, 1856-1935
- Sub Title
- Sir William Reardon Smith's Life in Shipping, 1856-1935
- Awdur / Author
- Jenkins, David
- Current Price ex VAT
- £9.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £9.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Reprinting
- Availability Status (CY)
- Adargraffu
- Dyddiad argaeledd / Availability Date
- 2011-10-25
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2011-10-25
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 226 pages
- Size
- 156 × 234 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Hanes, Hanes Lleol, Arferion Gwlad, Llên Gwerin (yn Saesneg) | EN: History, Welsh Life and Customs, Local History, Folk Tales (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: 19eg Ganrif (yn Saesneg) | EN: 19th Century (in English)
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
David Jenkins has worked for Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales since 1982 and is currently senior curator of the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. He has written numerous books and articles on aspects of Welsh maritime and transport history and is also a frequent broadcaster on these topics.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
Sailing from his native Appledore in 1870, William Reardon Smith was a master mariner at the age of twenty-two and subsequently commanded many of the fine sailing ships owned by Hugh Hogarth & Sons of Glasgow. A long-cherished ambition to become a shipowner was eventually realised in 1906 when he acquired his first steamship, ‘City of Cardiff’. The venture prospered and nine vessels were owned on the eve of the First World War. He subsequently showed great entrepreneurial initiative during the depression, acquiring motor vessels and establishing new trade routes. He is also remembered as a great philanthropist, particularly through his association with the National Museum of Wales – during his term as treasurer (1925-28) and president (1928-32), he restored the museum’s faltering finances and enabled the construction of the it’s east wing which is now so integral a part of Cardiff’s dignified civic centre. His establishment of the Reardon Smith Nautical School in Cardiff in 1921 was another notable achievement; this school provided an opportunity for aspiring deck officers to learn the essential skills appropriate to their chosen careers. He also funded hospital developments in Cardiff and Bideford, and endowed the chair of geography at Exeter University. At the time of his death in December 1935, fulsome tributes were paid to him both by his fellow shipowners and by the principals of those organisations which had benefitted from his generosity; many of those who live in south Wales and the West country today still enjoy that legacy.
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