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Firestone, Harvey Samuel (1868–1938)| US industrialist who established a tyre-manufacturing firm, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., in Akron, Ohio, in 1900. He pioneered the principle of the detachable rim and, from 1906, was the major supplier of tires to the Ford Motor Co. |
| Born in Columbiana, Ohio, Firestone was educated at local schools. He entered the family buggy business and quickly recognized the advantages of rubber for wheel rims, originally founding a retail tyre outlet in Chicago 1896. A strong opponent of organized labour, he long resisted the unionization of his work force. |
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