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    production expert. Flanders was born March 4, 1871, in Rutland, Vermont, the son of Dr. George Flanders and Mary (Goodwin) Flanders, the oldest of three...
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  • The count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders, beginning in the 9th century. Later, the title would be held for a time, by...
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    builder from Detroit), William Metzger (formerly of Cadillac), and Walter Flanders (who had served as Henry Ford's production manager).: p.vii  Byron...
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    as Vice President and Director of Sales. Everitt's former partners Walter Flanders and William Metzger were also involved. Rickenbacker used his World...
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  • Flanders is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Angela Flanders (1927–2016), British perfumer Benjamin Flanders (1816–1896), American...
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  • for the Misbegotten. Flanders was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the son of Bernice (née Brown) and Francis Michael Grey Flanders. His mother was killed...
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    to the downfall. Briscoe retired in late 1912 and was replaced by Walter E. Flanders as manager for the receivers committee. The assets of the United States...
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  • Flanders (circa 843 – 870 or later) was a Carolingian princess who became Queen of Wessex by two successive marriages and later Countess of Flanders....
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    introduction, Walter Flanders was asked by Benjamin Briscoe to help save the United States Motor Company which was in severe trouble. Flanders agreed. In...
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    Everitt-Metzger-Flanders to develop a new car under the name Rickenbacker Motor Company (RMC). Other partners in the business were Harry Cunningham and Walter Flanders...
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    protect the radiator. By 1913, the Maxwell assets were overseen by Walter Flanders, who reorganized the company as the "Maxwell Motor Company, Inc." The...
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    Walter Flanders in high esteem and credits him for the efficient floorplan layout at Ford, claiming that Flanders knew nothing about Taylor. Flanders...
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  • Walter of Mortagne (b. Mortagne, Flanders, c. 1100; d. Laon, 1174) was a Scholastic philosopher and Catholic theologian. Walter was educated in the schools...
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    Rudolph Steiner Hall, London, 29 August 1940 The first Flanders and Swann show Michael Henry Flanders OBE (1 March 1922 – 14 April 1975) was an English actor...
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    commonly known as Philip of Alsace, was count of Flanders from 1168 to 1191. During his rule Flanders prospered economically. He took part in two crusades...
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  • from which the parts would be cast. Sorensen (with others, notably Walter Flanders, Clarence Avery, and Ed Martin) is credited with developing the first...
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    Countess of Flanders, Countess of Artois, and Countess of Auvergne and Boulogne between 1384 and 1405. She was the last Countess of Flanders of the House...
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    President Walter Flanders wrote in 1913 document "Why We Did Not Use All Our Plants", the Brush factory in Detroit (along with the Flanders and Sampson...
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  • Piquette Avenue Plant in January 1906. On October 17, 1906, when Walter E. Flanders was manager of Manufacturing, Ed Martin was promoted to assistant...
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    been laid by the intelligent layout of machine tool placement that Walter Flanders had been doing at Ford up to 1908. The moving assembly line was developed...
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    Automobile Company, controlled by Byron Everitt and Walter E. Flanders, to form E-M-F (Everitt-Metzger-Flanders) Company. The company arranged for Studebaker...
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    race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and organized by Flanders Classics. Its nickname is Vlaanderens Mooiste (Dutch for "Flanders' Finest")...
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    Dampierre and Margaret II of Flanders. The death of his elder brother William in a tournament made him joint Count of Flanders with his mother. (She had...
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  • Hildegard of Flanders (died 990) was a Flemish countess in the 10th century. She is one of the oldest depicted people in Dutch history. Hildegard was the...
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    Greeley, John Brown, Jonathan Herrick, David Everett, Samuel Carr, Walter Flanders, Jonathan Addison and Marshall Trayne. It was a coeducational secondary...
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  • Story of Automotive Pioneers Barney Everitt, William Metzger, and Walter Flanders. Society of Automotive Engineers, SAE. ISBN 9780768007169. "Wheels...
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    The States of Flanders were a representative institution in the medieval and early modern County of Flanders. Initially it consisted only of the Third...
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    and the sister of Louis I, Count of Flanders. Her brother, Louis I, Count of Flanders, became the Count of Flanders, Nevers, and Rethel. She married John...
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    In 1999, he was awarded the honorary title of "Cultural Ambassador of Flanders". In 2001, he curated the 'Fashion 2001 Landed-Geland' project in Antwerp...
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  • innovative motor vehicle design, to this end he wrote to Ford and Packard. Walter Flanders of Ford replied and in September 1907 Farkas started to work for Ford...
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