Edsel Ford

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Edsel Ford was an American business executive and the only son of Henry Ford, best known for serving as president of the Ford Motor Company during the early 20th century.

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Label Occurrences
Edsel Ford canonical 28
Edsel Bryant Ford 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf business executive
human
industrialist
associatedWith Ford Motor Company
surface form: Lincoln Motor Company

Mercury (automobile brand)
boardMemberOf Ford Motor Company
burialPlace Ford Cemetery, Detroit
surface form: Ford Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, United States
causeOfDeath stomach cancer
child Benson Ford
Henry Ford II
Josephine Clay Ford
William Clay Ford Sr.
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1893-11-06
dateOfDeath 1943-05-26
education Detroit Business University
Detroit University School
employer Ford Motor Company
familyName Ford
father Henry Ford
givenName Edsel
heritage American of English descent
inspiredNameOf Edsel
surface form: Edsel (automobile brand)
memberOf Ford family (controlling shareholders)
surface form: Ford family
mother Clara Jane Bryant Ford
notableFor being the only son of Henry Ford
leadership of Ford Motor Company in early 20th century
notableProject sponsorship of the Ford Exhibition at the 1934 Chicago World’s Fair
support of the Ford Tri-Motor aircraft program
notableWork development of the Ford Model A (1927)
promotion of automotive styling at Ford Motor Company
support for Lincoln Motor Company design and styling
occupation business executive
industrialist
philanthropy support for the Cranbrook Educational Community
support for the Detroit Institute of Arts
support for the arts in Detroit
placeOfBirth Detroit
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
placeOfDeath Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, United States
positionHeld president of Ford Motor Company
religion Episcopalian
residence Detroit
surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, United States
sexOrGender male
sibling none
spouse Martha Firestone Ford
surface form: Eleanor Clay Ford
workPeriod early 20th century

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Ford Motor Company keyPerson Edsel Ford
Mercury foundedBy Edsel Ford
Henry Ford child Edsel Ford
Ford Foundation foundedBy Edsel Ford
Edsel namedAfter Edsel Ford
Edsel namedAfter Edsel Ford
this entity surface form: Edsel Bryant Ford
Henry Ford II relative Edsel Ford
Henry Ford II father Edsel Ford
William Clay Ford Sr. childOf Edsel Ford
Edsel B. Ford II grandfather Edsel Ford
Henry Ford III relative Edsel Ford
Benson Ford relative Edsel Ford
Woodlawn Cemetery, Detroit, Michigan, United States notableBurial Edsel Ford
subject surface form: Woodlawn Cemetery (Detroit)
Charlotte Ford grandfather Edsel Ford
Hank the Deuce father Edsel Ford
Cristina Vettore Austin childOf Edsel Ford
subject surface form: Henry Ford II
Cristina Vettore Austin notableMember Edsel Ford
subject surface form: Ford family
Clara Jane Bryant Ford child Edsel Ford
Clara Jane Bryant Ford motherOf Edsel Ford
A-Model Ford designer Edsel Ford
Eleanor Clay Ford spouse Edsel Ford
Edsel automobile namedAfter Edsel Ford