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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Harley was born in | Harley was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1880 to William Harley Sr., a railway engineer, and Mary Smith from Littleport, Cambridgeshire, England who emigrated to the United States in 1860.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=l5cas9C1d-YC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Arthur+Davidson&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwAGoVChMI_umb0YmDxwIVRVYUCh2fAAGC#v=onepage&q=Arthur%20Davidson&f=false Jean Davidson - Harley-Davidson.]</ref><ref>{{citation|last=Goulden|first=Glenda|title=Foul deeds and suspicious deaths in & around [[The Fens]]|chapter=2|year=2008|publisher=Wharncliffe Books|location=[[Barnsley]], [[Yorkshire|Yorks]]|page=35|isbn=978-1-84563-072-0}}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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After moving to Milwaukee's north side on Burleigh Avenue, Harley first worked at the Meiselbach bicycle factory at the age of 15. In 1901, Harley drew up plans for an engine to be mounted on an ordinary bicycle, while working as an apprentice draftsman at the Barth Mfg. Co. Over the next few years, Harley and his childhood friend [[Arthur Davidson (motorcycling)|Arthur Davidson]] worked on their motor-bicycle with the help of Henry Melk, who owned a machine shop in northside Milwaukee. They later received help from [[Ole Evinrude]], who was then building gas engines of his own design for automotive use on Milwaukee's Lake Street.<ref name="Wagner">{{cite web|url=http://atthecreation.com/HARLEY.BIO/wm.harley.bio.html|title=William S. Harley Biography|last=Wagner|first=Herbert|accessdate=February 9, 2017}}</ref> | After moving to Milwaukee's north side on Burleigh Avenue, Harley first worked at the Meiselbach bicycle factory at the age of 15. In 1901, Harley drew up plans for an engine to be mounted on an ordinary bicycle, while working as an apprentice draftsman at the Barth Mfg. Co. Over the next few years, Harley and his childhood friend [[Arthur Davidson (motorcycling)|Arthur Davidson]] worked on their motor-bicycle with the help of Henry Melk, who owned a machine shop in northside Milwaukee. They later received help from [[Ole Evinrude]], who was then building gas engines of his own design for automotive use on Milwaukee's Lake Street.<ref name="Wagner">{{cite web|url=http://atthecreation.com/HARLEY.BIO/wm.harley.bio.html|title=William S. Harley Biography|last=Wagner|first=Herbert|accessdate=February 9, 2017}}</ref> | ||
Harley received a degree in | Harley received a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1907.<ref name=mhof>{{mhof|45}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engr.wisc.edu/engage/alumni-relations/notable-alumni/ |title=Notable Alumni |publisher=UW–Madison College of Engineering|accessdate=March 7, 2018}}</ref> He co-founded Harley-Davidson with Arthur Davidson in 1903 and served as chief engineer and treasurer until his death in 1943.<ref name=mhof/><ref name=hdhistory>{{cite web|url=http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/H-D_History/history_1900s.jsp?locale=en_US|title=Company history|publisher=Harley-Davidson Corp.|accessdate=December 2, 2007|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209074416/http://www.harley-davidson.com/wcm/Content/Pages/H-D_History/history_1900s.jsp?locale=en_US|archivedate=February 9, 2012|df=}}</ref> While in college he worked at a Madison architect's office and as a [[waiter]] for the Kappa Sigma fraternity house. | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
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