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James Henry Carpenter (September 14, 1846 – March 6, 1898) was a 19th-century American engineer and industrialist who founded the Carpenter Steel Company (renamed in 1968 as the Carpenter Technology Corporation). Born in Brooklyn, New York, he joined the Union Navy as a sailor at age 15 during the American Civil War, during which he was wounded in action. He was promoted to master's mate in the United States Navy for meritorious conduct and was appointed to the United States Naval Academy at age 16. He resigned from the US Navy in 1865, aged 19, and studied engineering in New Jersey. On June 7, 1889, he founded the Carpenter Steel Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, becoming its general manager. Under his management, the company was a successful supplier of armor plating and ordnance to the US Navy. ==Early life== James Henry Carpenter was born in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, on September 14, 1846, to Charles H. Carpenter and Elizabeth Mary Baylis. His father was a descendant of Rehoboth Carpenter family and of its founder William Carpenter (born about 1605 in England), who migrated to America in 1638 on the ''Bevis''.〔 Note: Part of a series of 12 Sketches provided by the Carpenters’ Encyclopedia of Carpenters 2008 Update written by Gene Zubrinsky.〕 His mother was a descendant of John Bayles (born about 1617 in England), an indentured servant who migrated to America in 1635 on the ''Truelove''. Carpenter was the first of at least five children. His only brother (born 1857) became a doctor and worked with Carpenter at the Carpenter Steel Company.〔 Note: Much of the history of James Henry Carpenter came from his second wife’s pension files on line at Fold3.com.〕 Carpenter spent time on Long Island as a child, both in Jamaica, Queens, and in Brooklyn. Fascinated by sailing ships and by how things worked, he learned to sail small boats and said he wanted to be a sailor.〔 He went to sea as a cabin boy in 1860, aged 14, with his father's permission.〔 (This brief biography was once online, but currently it is not. The Carpenter Technology Corporation provided a copy via mail.)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Henry Carpenter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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