Morgan Robertson (1861-1915) was a well-known American author whose novel "Futility" (1898), about an unsinkable ship called the "Titan," bears a striking similarity to the real-life fate of the "Titanic."
Morgan Andrew Robertson (1861 - 1915) was an American author of short stories and novels, as well as the self-proclaimed inventor of the periscope.
He is best remembered today as the author of Futility, or The Wreck of the Titan, an 1898 disaster novel noted for its similarities to the sinking of RMS Titanic fourteen years later.