Ford, Henry

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1. An American industrial leader of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Ford perfected the assembly line technique of mass production, by which the Model T automobile and its successors were made available “for the multitude.”

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Ford said, “History is bunk,” and was often considered a man of extreme conservatism and hardheaded practicality. The Ford Foundation, which he established in the 1930s, has funded a great number of educational projects.

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Skip Brittenham, a prominent Hollywood attorney whose clients included Harrison Ford, Henry Winkler and Eddie Murphy, has died at age 83.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025

Charlotte Ford, Henry II's daughter, has a "book of modern manners" due out in the spring.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whoever it is certainly does not call Ford "Henry"; no employee dares to. lacocca, a highly aggressive and voluble man, seems to have the lead now.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, Henry Kissinger embarked upon the shuttle diplomacy that helped restore U.S. credibility in the Arab world, which had increasingly been heeding the Soviet call.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ford, Henry, 344 Franc-tireurs, 64 France, 3, 38, 240; German relations with, 3, 5; desire for war in, 7; propaganda expenses of, 47; munitions sent to, 122; mediation and, 231; pacifist agitation in, 261 ff.;

From My Three Years in America by Bernstorff, Johann Heinrich Andreas Hermann Albrecht Graf von