Charles Lang Freer left school at age 14 to work in a cement factory before becoming a railroad clerk.
Notes on verification
Corroborated by Wikipedia, Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, Detroit Historical Society, and Apollo Magazine, with consistent core details across independent sources.
Sources
- Charles Lang Freer (kids.britannica.com)
- https://asia-archive.si.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Freer-Charles-Lang.pdf (asia-archive.si.edu)
- https://www.detroithistorical.org/learn/online-research/encyclopedia-of-detroit/freer-charles-lang (detroithistorical.org)
- https://apollo-magazine.com/charles-lang-freers-gift-to-the-american-people/ (apollo-magazine.com)