In 1895, he founded the Lincoln Electric Company in Cleveland, Ohio with a capital investment of $200.00. His enthusiasm was such that he became a member of the Single Tax Georgism movement.

He was impressed with George and read George's book 'Progress and Poverty' three times. Lincoln was among those in the crowd who attended the political meeting. His writings also inspired the economic philosophy known as Georgism, based on the belief that people should own the value they produce themselves, but that the economic value derived from land (including natural resources) should belong equally to all members of society. George was an American political economist and journalist whose writing was immensely popular in the 19th century, and sparked several reform movements of the Progressive Era. In 1889, Henry George visited Cleveland to speak about his ideals. In 1891, Lincoln patented his first invention, an electric brake for street-railway cars. Brush, who invented the arc light and engineered America's first electric street car. In 1888, he graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and soon after became a construction superintendent.

There he received his primary and secondary education. John Cromwell Lincoln was born in Painesville, Ohio to William Edward Lincoln, (1831–1920), an abolitionist minister and Frances Louise Marshall Lincoln (1839–1918), a physician. 12.2 Publications by and about James F.12.1 Publications by and about John C.9 Henry George School of Social Science.

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