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Henry Ford

American business magnate (1863–1947)

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Henry Ford was an American entrepreneur, inventor, writer, and politician. Born in 1863, he began his work period in 1891 and concluded it in 1945. He was a member of SAE International and was recognized in the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection. Ford was male and spoke and wrote in English.

He authored 120 works, including *The Amazing Story Of Henry Ford*, *Today and Tomorrow*, *Autobiography Collection*, *My life and work*, and *Henry Ford's Lessons on Starting a Business*. He was also described by *The Literary Digest*. Ford’s spouse was Clara Bryant Ford, and his child was Edsel Bryant Ford.

Ford died in Dearborn in 1947 from a cerebral hemorrhage due to natural causes. He was a participant in auto racing.

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Works: 120

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The Amazing Story Of Henry Ford
Today and Tomorrow
Autobiography Collection
My life and work
Henry Ford's Lessons on Starting a Business

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Instance of: human
Given name: Henry
Family name: Ford
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of death: Dearborn
Spouse: Clara Bryant Ford
Child: Edsel Bryant Ford
Occupation: business magnate
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Award: National Aviation Hall of Fame
Family: Ford family tree
Sport: auto racing
Image: Henry ford 1919.jpg

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Commons category: Henry Ford
date of birth: 1863-07-30
date of death: 1947-04-07
topic's main category: Category:Henry Ford
Commons Creator page: Henry Ford
Commons gallery: Henry Ford
name in native language: Henry Ford
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
manner of death: natural causes
cause of death: cerebral hemorrhage
writing language: English language
start of work period: 1891-00-00
end of work period: 1945-00-00
member of: SAE International
handedness: left-handedness
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Encyclopedic overview

Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist and business magnate. As the founder of the Ford Motor Company, he is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles affordable for middle-class Americans through the system that came to be known as Fordism. In 1911, he was awarded a patent for the transmission mechanism that would be used in the Ford Model T and other automobiles.

Ford was born in a farmhouse in Greenfield Township, Michigan, and left home at the age of 16 to find work in Detroit. It was a few years before this time that Ford first experienced automobiles, and throughout the later half of the 1880s, he began repairing and later constructing engines, and through the 1890s worked with a division of Edison Electric. He founded the Ford Motor Company in 1903 after prior failures in business, but was successful in constructing automobiles.

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