Charles Lang Freer left school at age 14 to work in a cement factory.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent sources including the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art archive, Wikipedia, Detroit Historical Society, and a 1993 Baltimore Sun article.
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://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-05-09-1993129197-story.html (baltimoresun.com)