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HenryMartynLeland

Son of Leander B. Leland and Zilpha S. (Tifft) Leland

Brother of Sylvia M. Leland, Richard F. Leland and Edson Leland

Father of Gertrude (Leland) Woodbridge, Wilfred Chester Leland and Edith Miriam Leland

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Biography

Henry Martyn Leland the founder of Cadillac and Lincoln. Henry M. Leland was born in 1843 in Vermont. He was the son of Leander Leland and Zilpha Tifft. He passed away in Detroit, Michigan in 1932.

Sources

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_M._Leland
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-1W3G : 13 December 2015), Henry Martyn Leland, 1932; Burial, Detroit, Wayne, Michi
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  Henry M. Leland

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  1843 - 1932

  Henry M. Leland

  Henry Martyn Leland (February 16, 1843 – March 26, 1932) was an American machinist, inventor, engineer, and automotive entrepreneur. Read more on Wikipedia

  Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry M. Leland has received more than 367,672 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Henry M. Leland is the 294th most popular inventor (up from 297th in 2019), the 5,438th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,648th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Inventor.

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  Among INVENTORS

  Among inventors, Henry M. Leland ranks 294 out of 426. Before him are Lester Allan Pelton, Kenjiro Takayanagi, Ivan Kulibin, Alexander P. de Seversky, Alexandre Alexeieff, and Jacob Ellehammer. After him are Štefan Banič, Rowland Hill, George Graham,

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  Master of Precision

  Master of Precision is the fascinating firsthand account of Henry Martyn Leland's life and work during the early days of the automobile industry.

  Henry Martyn Leland (1843-1932) is one of the most outstanding figures in automotive history. Best known for developing the Cadillac and the Lincoln, Leland was among the pioneers who set Detroit on its course as the automobile capital of the world.
  Master of Precision is the fascinating firsthand account of Leland's life and work during the early days of the automobile industry. Trained in New England factories known for their precision manufacturing, Henry Leland was an expert machinist before he began to reshape automobile production. Affectionately called "Uncle Henry" and the "Grand Old Man of Detroit," he was a demanding but highly-respected employer who set new standards of precision, quality, and performance.
  First published in 1966 by Wayne State University Press, Master of Precision was re-released in 1996 in celebration of the centennial of automobile manufacturing in North America.