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Towne, Henry Robinson (1844-1924), engineer, manufacturer, and a founder of scientific management  

Fred Carstensen

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Published in print:
1999
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February 2000

Towne, Henry Robinson (28 August 1844–15 October 1924), engineer, manufacturer, and a founder of scientific management, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of John Henry Towne and Maria R. Tevis. He attended local private schools and the University of Pennsylvania in 1860–1861, leaving because of the Civil War. (The university awarded him an honorary A.M. in 1888.)...