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Inventor, Industrialist, Businessman

AmericanBorn Henry Martyn LELAND

American machinist, inventor, engineer and automotive entrepreneur, he founded the two premier American luxury automotive marques, Cadillac and Lincoln

Born on February 16, 1843 in Danville Or Barton, Vermont, USA , United States

Died on March 26, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

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Henry M. Leland was born to Leander and Zilpha, the youngest of 8, in Vermont in 1843. Sources differ on the town of his birth (Danville versus Barton); he grew up in Barton. He learned engineering and precision machining in the Brown & Sharpe plant at Providence, Rhode Island. He subsequently worked in the firearms industry, including at Colt. These experiences in toolmaking, metrology, and manufacturing steeped him in the 19th-century zeitgeist of interchangeability. ...   Henry M. Leland was born to Leander and Zilpha, the youngest of 8, in Vermont in 1843. Sources differ on the town of his birth (Danville versus Barton); he grew up in Barton. He learned engineering and precision machining in the Brown & Sharpe plant at Providence, Rhode Island. He subsequently worked in the firearms industry, including at Colt. These experiences in toolmaking, metrology, and manufacturing steeped him in the 19th-century zeitgeist of interchangeability.



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