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Edsel Bryant Ford

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Noun1.Edsel Bryant Ford - son of Henry Ford (1893-1943)


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Only produced for two years and four months, the Edsel - named for Henry Ford's son, Edsel Bryant Ford, the company president when he died of cancer at age 49 in 1943 - became synonymous with failure or flops.
His son, Edsel Bryant Ford, was named president of Ford Motor Company in 1919.
car industry, when a friend mentioned to Edsel Bryant Ford II how difficult it must have been for his father, who was not yet 30 when he took over the company, Edsel replied, "I would have loved to have done it.
 
 
 
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