biography
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Benz, Karl (Friedrich)
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1844–1929)
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| biography:
| Engineer and car manufacturer, born in Karlsruhe, SW Germany. He developed a two-stroke engine (1877–9) and founded a factory for its manufacture, leaving in 1883 when his backers refused to finance a mobile engine. He then founded a second company, Benz & Co, Rheinisch Gasmotorenfabrik, at Mannheim. His first car - one of the earliest petrol-driven vehicles - was completed in 1885 and sold to a French manufacturer. In 1926 the firm was merged with the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft to form Daimler-Benz & Co. |
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