What is Francis Edgar Stanley?
[[File:Francis Edgar Stanley c1882.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|A [[self-portrait]] of Francis Edgar (F. E.) Stanley taken about 1882}}]] '''Francis Edgar Stanley''' (1849 – 1918), was an [[Americans|American]] [[inventor]], [[photographer]] and [[manufacturer]]. He and his [[twin]] [[brother]] [[Freelan Oscar Stanley]] invented and manufactured the [[Stanley Steamer]] [[car]]. They were [[wikt:pioneer|pioneers]] in the use of [[steam engine]]s to power cars. == Early life == Francis E. Stanley and his twin Freelan O. Stanley were born on 1 June 1849 in [[Kingsfield, Maine]].<ref name=Hatch213.216>''Maine: A History'', Volume 4, ed. Louis Clinton Hatch (New York: The American historical Society, 1919), pp. 213–216</ref> Their parents were Solomon and Apphia (French) Stanley. Solomon Stanley was both a [[farmer]] and a [[teacher]].<ref name=Hatch213.216/> He and his brother [[graduate]]d from Farmington State Normal School in [[Farmington, Maine]].<ref name=Carey328>Charles W. Carey, ''American Inventors, Entrepreneurs, and Business Visionaries'' (New York : Infobase Pub., 2002), p. 328</ref> The school is now the [[University of Maine at Farmington]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.umf.maine.edu/about/history-of-umf/ |title=The University of Maine at Farmington |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=n.d. |website= |publisher=University of Maine at Farmington |accessdate=27 August 2014 |archive-date=12 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812071029/http://www.umf.maine.edu/about/history-of-umf/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Francis became a teacher, and taught at [[New Portland, Maine|New Portland]], [[Cape Elizabeth, Maine|Cape Elizabeth]] and [[Strong, Maine]].<ref name=MHS>{{cite web |url=http://www.mainememory.net/artifact/9460 |title=F. E. Stanley, Lewiston, ca. 1882 |author=The Stanley Museum |date=2000 |website= |publisher=Maine Historical Society |accessdate=27 August 2014 }}</ref> In 1870 he met and married Augusta May Walker, another teacher.<ref name=Hemmings>{{cite news