What is Archibald Gracie IV?
{{Infobox person | name = Archibald Gracie IV | image = Archibald Gracie IV.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Gracie IV in c. 1910 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1859|1|15|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Mobile, Alabama]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1912|12|4|1859|1|15|mf=y}} | death_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | death_cause = Complications from [[diabetes]] | resting_place = Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx | nationality = American | education = St. Paul's School<br>United States Military Academy | alma_mater = | occupation = Writer, amateur historian, real estate investor | known_for = Survivor of the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] | parents = Archibald Gracie III<br/>Josephine Archibald }} '''Colonel Archibald Gracie IV''' (January 17, 1859 – December 4, 1912) was an [[Americans|American]] writer, amateur historian, real estate investor, and survivor of the sinking of the [[R.M.S Titanic]]. He survived the sinking by climbing aboard an overturned lifeboat. He wrote a popular book about the disaster which is still in print today. ==Early life== Gracie was born on January 17, 1859 in [[Mobile, Alabama]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/biography.php?id=137/ |title=Encyclopedia Titanica Biography of Archibald Gracie |access-date=2012-10-05 |archive-date=2007-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204005703/http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/biography.php?id=137%2F |url-status=dead }}</ref> and studied at St. Paul's School. He was never married. ==Titanic sinking== Gracie was saved during the sinking of the [[Titanic]] when he got onto a lifeboat. Then as the ship started to sink, his life boat was sucked underwater. Gracie and his fri