Karl Benz
Karl Friedrich Benz (November 25, 1844 – April 4, 1929) was a German engine designer and car engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile, and together with Bertha Benz pioneering founder of the automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz. Other German contemporaries, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach working as partners, also worked on similar types of inventions, without knowledge of the work of the other, but Benz patented his work first, and, subsequently patented all the processes that made the internal combustion engine feasible for use in an automobile. In 1879 his first engine patent was granted to him and in 1886 Benz was granted a patent for his first automobile.
Read more about Karl Benz: Early Life, Benz's First Factory and Early Inventions (1871–1882), Benz's Gasmotoren-Fabrik Mannheim (1882–1883), Benz & Cie. and The Benz Patent Motorwagen, Benz & Cie. Expansion, Blitzen Benz, Benz Söhne (1906–1923), Toward Daimler-Benz and The First Mercedes-Benz in 1926, In Popular Culture
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