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 Karl Benz, was a German engineer and inventor. He was born in Mühlburg on November 25, 1844, and died of natural causes in Ladenburg on April 4, 1929. His doctoral advisor was Ferdinand Redtenbacher. He was married to Bertha Benz and held citizenship in the Republic of Baden and the Grand Duchy of Baden.

Benz received the Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille and is recognized in the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection. He served as a founder and is listed in the Cité de l'Automobile collection. He is buried in Ladenburg.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Friedrich
Gender: male
Citizenship: Grand Duchy of Baden
Place of birth: Mühlburg
Place of death: Ladenburg
Spouse: Bertha Benz
Occupation: inventor
Languages spoken: German
Doctoral advisor: Ferdinand Redtenbacher
Image: Carl Benz c. 1889.jpg

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Commons category: Carl Benz
date of birth: 1844-11-25
date of death: 1929-04-04
topic's main category: Category:Karl Benz
Commons gallery: Carl Benz
place of burial: Ladenburg
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
has works in the collection: Cité de l'Automobile
birth name: Karl Friedrich Michael Benz
name in native language: Karl Benz
manner of death: natural causes

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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.

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