Edsel Ford

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business executive human industrialist

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.

Aliases (1)

Edsel Bryant Ford ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	business executive → human → industrialist →
associatedWith	Lincoln Motor Company → Mercury (automobile brand) →
boardMemberOf	Ford Motor Company →
burialPlace	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 (automobile brand) →
memberOf	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, Michigan, United States →
placeOfDeath	Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, United States →
positionHeld	president of Ford Motor Company →
religion	Episcopalian →
residence	Detroit, Michigan, United States → Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
sibling	none →
spouse	Eleanor Clay Ford →
workPeriod	early 20th century →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ford Foundation → Mercury → Mercury (automobile brand) →	foundedBy
Benson Ford → Henry Ford II → Henry Ford III →	relative
Edsel → Edsel ("Edsel Bryant Ford") →	namedAfter
Henry Ford →	child
William Clay Ford Sr. →	childOf
Detroit Industry Murals →	commissionedBy
Henry Ford II →	father
Edsel B. Ford II →	grandfather
Ford Motor Company →	keyPerson
Ford family (controlling shareholders) →	notableMember
Detroit University School →	notableStudent