Ford, Henry

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.”

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.

Example Sentences

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

"Every man needs more than one day a week for rest and recreation. … We believe that in order to live properly, every man should have more time to spend with his family," Edsel Ford, Henry Ford's son and former president of Ford Motor Company, said in 1922.

From US News

William Clay Ford was born in Detroit on March 14, 1925, the youngest of the four children of Edsel Bryant Ford, Henry’s only son, and Eleanor Lowthian Clay, who had been raised by her uncle, J.L.

From New York Times

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

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