caption resting_place death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
portrait of aaron french allegheny cemetery , pittsburgh 24 march 1902 pittsburgh , pennsylvania , usa . wadsworth , ohio , usa american 23 march 1823 aaronfrench.png aaron s. french
 aaron samuel french industrialist
aaron s. french

aaron samuel french -lrb- march 23 , 1823 -- march 24 , 1902 -rrb- was an american industrialist and philanthropist .
french left school at an early age , and the first decades of his life were characterized by working a variety of jobs and recovering from prolonged illness .
after co-founding a successful vehicular spring company , french gained prominence as a businessman and philanthropist in pittsburgh during the second half of the 19th century .
