Karl Benz Biography

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NAME: Karl Friedrich Benz
OCCUPATION: Entrepreneur, Engineer, Inventor
BIRTH DATE: November 25, 1844
DEATH DATE: April 04, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH: Karlsruhe, Germany

PLACE OF DEATH: Ladenburg, Germany

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German mechanical engineer Karl Benz designed and built the first practical automobile powered by an internal-combustion engine.

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Karl Benz was born November 25, 1844 in Germany. A mechanical engineer, he designed and built the first practical car powered by an internal-combustion engine. The original car, his three-wheeled Motorwagen, first ran in 1885. His company produced its first four-wheeled car in 1893 and the first of its series of racing cars in 1899. He left the company in 1906 to form another group with his sons.

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(born Nov. 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Baden—died April 4, 1929, Ladenburg, Ger.) German mechanical engineer who designed and built the first practical automobile powered by an internal-combustion engine. The original car, his three-wheeled Motorwagen, first ran in 1885. Benz's company produced its first four-wheeled car in 1893 and the first of its series of racing cars in 1899. Benz left the company in 1906 to form another group with his sons. In 1926 the Benz company merged with the company started by Gottlieb Daimler.

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