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Page 1: He was born on July 30, 1863, Greenfield Township, Michigan. Son of William and Mary Ford. Henry was 12 when his mother died. He spent his childhood at

HENRY

By: Humberto Garcia

Page 2: He was born on July 30, 1863, Greenfield Township, Michigan. Son of William and Mary Ford. Henry was 12 when his mother died. He spent his childhood at

EARLY LIFE He was born on July 30, 1863, Greenfield

Township, Michigan.Son of William and Mary Ford.Henry was 12 when his mother died. He spent his childhood at his family's

farm. At the age of 17, he left the farm and headed to Detroit.

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EDUCATIONHe left school at the age of 15 to work at

his father’s farm.

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WORK EXPERIENCE At age 17, Henry Ford left the farm and headed to Detroit to become an apprentice.In 1891, he became an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company

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WORK EXPERIENCE He started at the car business, and he

invented his first car named “Quadricycle”.

After the Quadricycle, Henry started working on making even better automobiles and making them for sale.

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MODEL-THe kept working and came up with the

“Model-T”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6_W1rGWGyY

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FAMILY He married Clara Ala Bryant. They had one child Edsel Ford.

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MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

He founded the “Ford Motor Company”

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DEATH Henry Ford died of a cerebral hemorrhage, at the age of 83.

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS

Henry Ford Received an award for the Ford motor Company.Ford was the winner of the award of Car Entrepreneur of the Century in 1999

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FACTS ABOUT HIMAdolf Hitler was very much impressed by Henry Ford.Henry built an entire town.He ran for U.S. senate