Karl Benz
German engine designer and automobile engineer
Died when: 84 years 130 days (1012 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Carl Friedrich Benz (German: [b?nts]; 25 November 1844 – 4 April 1929), sometimes also Karl Friedrich Benz, was a German engine designer and automotive engineer.
His Benz Patent Motorcar from 1885 is considered the first practical modern automobile and first car put into series production.He received a patent for the motorcar in 1886.
His company Benz & Cie., based in Mannheim, was the world's first automobile plant and largest of its day.In 1926 it merged with Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft to form Daimler-Benz which produces the Mercedes-Benz among other brands.
Benz is widely regarded as "the father of the car" and "father of the automobile industry".
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