Who is Henry Ford?

Henry Ford was born in Springwell, wayne county, Michigan. It is part of dearborn, Michigan today. Ford's parents William and Mary Ford are immigrants from Ireland. Ford was born on a farm owned by his parents. He is the eldest of six children.

He was interested in machinery since he was a child.

12 years old, he spent a lot of time building his own machinery workshop. 15 years old, he built his own internal combustion engine.

1879, he left his hometown to work as a mechanic apprentice in Detroit, and joined Westinghouse electric company after graduation.

He got married on 1888.

189 1 year, Ford became an engineer of Edison Lighting Company.

When he was promoted to chief engineer in 1893, he had enough time and money to carry out his personal research on internal combustion engines.

He made his first car in 1896, and he named it "four-wheeled vehicle".

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