Carl Benz

Also known as Karl Friedrich Benz, Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant, Carl Friedrich Benz, Karl Benz

German automotive and engine designer and manufacturer (1844–1929)

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Karl Friedrich Michael Benz, known as Carl Benz, was a male engineer and inventor born in Mühlburg on November 25, 1844. He held citizenship in the Republic of Baden and the Grand Duchy of Baden. Benz served as a founder and received the Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille. He was married to Bertha Benz and studied under doctoral advisor Ferdinand Redtenbacher. He spoke German and was recognized in the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection.

Benz died on April 4, 1929, and is buried in Ladenburg. His works are held in the Cité de l'Automobile collection. He authored works including *Lebensfahrt eines deutschen Erfinders* and *Meine Erinnerungen*. His name appears in native language sources as Karl Benz. He is the subject of various encyclopedia articles and has a presence in digital collections, including those on Wikimedia Commons and Open Library.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 2

Top works

Carl Benz. Lebensfahrt eines deutschen Erfinders
Lebensfahrt eines deutschen Erfinders. Meine Erinnerungen

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Jamaica
Active from: 1969-05-30

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 2
Total plays: 5

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,955x
The MIQE Guidelines: Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments
· 2009 · cited 14,219x
Salmon provides fast and bias-aware quantification of transcript expression
· 2017 · cited 12,496x
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,995x
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,224x

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Encyclopedic overview

Carl (or Karl) Friedrich Benz ( German: [kaʁl ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈbɛnts] ; born Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant; 25 November 1844 – 4 April 1929) was a German engine designer and automotive engineer. His Benz Patent-Motorwagen from 1885 is considered the first practical, modern automobile and the first car to be put into series production. He received a patent for the motorcar in 1886, the same year he first publicly drove the Benz Patent-Motorwagen.

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carl Benz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.