Frederick Winslow Taylor

​  Frederick Taylor was a mechanical engineer who pioneered the principles of scientific management.  He was passionate about improving efficiency during the late 1800's through the early 1900's.  Frederick's efforts in applying engineering principles to factory environments were some of the first to later develop into what we know today as industrial engineering.  
  Taylor passed the entrance exam for Harvard but did not attend Harvard.  Instead of pursuing extended education he chose to become an apprentice patternmaker and a machinist at Enterprise Hydraulic Works in Philadelphia.  Eventually Mr. Taylor would complete his apprenticeship and move on to climb the ladder of the Midvale Steel Works.  It was here that Fredericks talents would eventually lead him to hold such positions as chief engineer.

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