Harvey Firestone
Harvey Firestone
Born	December 20, 1868 Columbiana, Ohio, USA
Died	February 7, 1938 (aged 69) Miami Beach, Florida, USA
Occupation	Founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Spouse	Idabelle Smith Firestone

Harvey Samuel Firestone was the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires and an important contributor to North American economic growth in the 20th century. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Columbiana is a city located in Columbiana and Mahoning counties in Ohio. ... February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Location in Miami-Dade and the state of Florida. ... The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded by Harvey Firestone in 1900. ... The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded by Harvey Firestone in 1900. ...

Biography

Firestone was born in his family's farm house on December 20th 1868 in the small town of Columbiana, Ohio, the second of three children, to Benjamin Firestone, a farmer, and A. Catherine Flickinger. After graduating from Columbiana High School, Firestone worked for the Columbus Buggy Company in Columbus, Ohio before starting his own company in 1890, making rubber tires for carriages. In 1895 he married Idabelle Smith. They had six children: Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., Russell A. Firestone, Leonard Firestone, Raymond Firestone, Roger Stanley Firestone, and Elizabeth Firestone. In 1904 Firestone joined Henry Ford to make rubber tires for the newly popular automobiles. The Ford-Firestone corporate marriage was later cemented when Henry's grandson William Clay Ford wed Martha Firestone, granddaughter of Harvey, who then became parents of current Ford Motor Company Chairman, William Clay Ford, Jr. The farmhouse where Firestone was born is now located in Greenfield Village (Dearborn, MI), a 90-acre historical site founded by Henry Ford. Columbiana is a city located in Columbiana and Mahoning counties in Ohio. ... Columbiana High School is a public high school in Columbiana, Ohio. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio Counties Franklin, Delaware, and Fairfield Government  - Mayor Michael B. Coleman (D) Area  - City  212. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... Latex being collected from a tapped rubber tree Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer which occurs as a milky colloidal suspension (known as latex) in the sap of several varieties of plants. ... Catherine IIs carved, painted and gilded Coronation Coach (Hermitage Museum) George VI and Queen Elizabeth in a landau with footmen and an outrider, Canada 1939 The classic definition of a carriage is a four-wheeled horse drawn private passenger vehicle with leaf springs (elliptical springs in the 19th century... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Harvey Samuel Firestone, Jr. ... Leonard Kimball Firestone (born 10 June 1907 in Akron, Summit County, Ohio; died Pebble Beach, California on 24 December 1996), was a business man, diplomatic ambassador and philanthropist. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Henry Ford (1919) Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. ... William Clay Ford is the youngest of the four grandchildren of Henry Ford and child of Edsel Ford. ... Martha Parke Firestone is the daughter of Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. ... Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the worlds third largest automaker after Toyota and General Motors, based on worldwide vehicle sales. ... The name Bill Ford might also refer to the former baseball player. ...

Firestone was concerned both with the manufacture of tires and with securing supplies of rubber from trees: At one point, the company had a rubber plantation in Liberia that covered more than 4,000 square kilometers (1 million acres). During World War II the company was called on by the U.S. Government to make artillery shells, aluminum kegs for food transport and other rubberized military products. In 1938, Firestone died peacefully in his sleep at his vacation home in Miami Beach, Florida at age 69. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location in Miami-Dade and the state of Florida. ...

The Millionaires Club

Firestone, Ford and Thomas Edison were generally considered the three leaders in American industry at the time, and often worked and vacationed together. All three were part of a very exclusive group titled "The Millionaires Club" . This was a true gentlemen’s club where one would call another in the appropriate city and ask him to purchase a building or other items for them without so much as a handshake, merely on his word. Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices which greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and a long lasting light bulb. ...

Honors

The main library of Princeton University is named Firestone Library in his honor. It is among the largest university libraries in the world. In 1973, Firestone was posthumously inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame. Firestone High School in Akron, Ohio is named in his honor. He also has a memorial there. Princeton University is a private coeducational research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States of America. ... The Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library is the main library at Princeton University. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Automotive Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame for notable figures in the development of the automobile industry. ... Harvey S. Firestone High School is a public high school located on the northwest side of Akron, Ohio. ... Nickname: The Rubber Capital of the World Location within the state of Ohio Country United States State Ohio County Summit Founded 1825 Incorporated 1835 (village) - 1865 (city) Government  - Mayor Don Plusquellic (D) Area  - City  62. ...

External links

• Firestone Tires
• Firestone Tires' Timeline
• Harvey Firestone at the Internet Movie Database
• Academy of Achievement's biography on Firestone
• Info Please biography on Harvey Firestone
• NNDB biography on Harvey Firestone
• Automotive Hall of Fame biography on Harvey Firestone
• About Firestone Canada
• Harvey Firestone - Find-a-grave memorial page