Edsel Bryant Ford
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American businessman (1893-1943)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1919-02-13
- Active to
- 1991-10-17
Discography
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Key facts
- Born
- Edsel Bryant Ford , ( 1893-11-06 ) November 6, 1893, Detroit, Michigan , U.S.
- Died
- May 26, 1943 (1943-05-26) (aged 49), Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan , U.S.
- Other name
- Edsel Ford I
- Occupation
- Automobile executive
- Title
- President of the Ford Motor Company (1919–1943)
- Spouse
- Eleanor Lowthian Clay ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1916 )
- Children
- Henry II Benson Josephine William
- Parent s
- Henry Ford , Clara Jane Bryant Ford
- Relatives
- Edsel Ford II (grandson) , William Clay Ford Jr. (grandson)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Ford
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- Grosse Pointe Shores
- Father
- Henry Ford
- Mother
- Clara Bryant Ford
- Occupation
- art collector
- Position held
- member
- Educated at
- Hotchkiss School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Family
- Ford family tree
- Image
- Edsel Bryant Ford.jpg
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- Edsel Bryant Ford
- date of birth
- 1893-11-06
- date of death
- 1943-05-26
- cause of death
- stomach cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Edsel Bryant Ford (November 6, 1893 – May 26, 1943) was an American business executive and philanthropist, who was the only child of pioneering industrialist Henry Ford and his wife, Clara Jane Bryant Ford. He was the president of the Ford Motor Company from 1919 until his death in 1943.
He worked closely with his father, as sole heir to the business, but was keen to develop cars more exciting than the Model T ("Tin Lizzie"), in line with his personal tastes. Even as president, he had trouble persuading his father to allow any departure from this formula. Only a change in market conditions enabled him to develop the more fashionable Model A in 1927. Edsel also founded the Mercury division and was responsible for the Lincoln-Zephyr and Lincoln Continental. He introduced important features, such as hydraulic brakes, and greatly strengthened the company's overseas production.
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