Kevin Brown
@kevin-brown.bsky.social
The man behind the book about the man behind the mould.
Historian, writer, lecturer, archivist, author of books on history of medicine, military & maritime history, & Curator of Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum.
Historian, writer, lecturer, archivist, author of books on history of medicine, military & maritime history, & Curator of Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum.
“A perfectly dressed man in a tuxedo, very elegant, had managed to reach a small ice floe. He was sitting with a pistol in his hand: a thin trickle of frozen blood ran down one of his temples. He had chosen to shoot himself rather than freeze to death” (Gustavo Aguirre Benavides)
November 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“A perfectly dressed man in a tuxedo, very elegant, had managed to reach a small ice floe. He was sitting with a pistol in his hand: a thin trickle of frozen blood ran down one of his temples. He had chosen to shoot himself rather than freeze to death” (Gustavo Aguirre Benavides)
The pristine condition of Victor Peñasco’s esmoquin never worn & kept as a relic by his family forms a poignant contrast to the damaged suit salvaged from ocean in the luggage of another yet anonymous Titanic victim
November 1, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The pristine condition of Victor Peñasco’s esmoquin never worn & kept as a relic by his family forms a poignant contrast to the damaged suit salvaged from ocean in the luggage of another yet anonymous Titanic victim