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William Thomson Sloper (December 13, 1883 − May 1, 1955) was an American stockbroker and survivor of the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic''. Sloper, who was 28 when the ''Titanic'' sank, traveled as a first-class passenger and was saved after boarding lifeboat #7, the first to be launched from the vessel. ==''Titanic''== Sloper was born in New Britain, Connecticut, son of Andrew Jackson Sloper and Ella Thomson Sloper. In April 1912, he was returning to the United States after a three-month vacation in Europe. The stockbroker and estate manager planned to travel on board the RMS ''Mauretania''. However, while still in Europe, he met the Canadian family of Mark Fortune and became very fond of his daughter Alice, prompting him to cancel his tickets aboard the ''Mauretania'' and purchase tickets for the maiden voyage of the ''Titanic''. On the night of the sinking, Sloper was playing bridge with other men when the ''Titanic'' struck an iceberg and began to sink. At first, he didn't pay much attention to the turmoil on deck but as time passed he decided to leave the room and go up to deck. Since he thought that the ''Titanic'' was "unsinkable", he first refused to leave, but ultimately gave in after insistence by actress Dorothy Gibson who urged him to go with her aboard lifeboat #7. He would credit her with saving his life after the disaster. On April 19, 1912, one day after arriving in New York City aboard the RMS ''Carpathia'', a tabloid newspaper identified him as one of the passengers who had dressed in women's clothing to get their spot in the lifeboats. Sloper would spend the rest of his life denying the accusations.〔(Just Like a Woman ), Snopes.com.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Thomson Sloper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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