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Felix Wankel
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German mechanical engineer, inventor of the Wankel engine (1902-1988)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1902-08-13 ) 13 August 1902, Lahr , Grand Duchy of Baden , German Empire
- Died
- 9 October 1988 (1988-10-09) (aged 86), Heidelberg , Baden-Württemberg , West Germany
- Spouse
- Emma "Mi" Kirn
- Discipline
- Mechanical engineering
- Institutions
- Paki, Reich Air Ministry , Goetze AG , NSU , Wankel GmbH
- Projects
- Wankel engine
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Felix
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Lahr/Schwarzwald
- Place of death
- Heidelberg
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Nazi Party
- Languages spoken
- German
- Image
- Felix Wankel 1960s.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1902-08-13
- date of death
- 1988-10-09
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- Felix Wankel
- name in native language
- Felix Wankel
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Encyclopedic overview
Felix Heinrich Wankel ( German: [ˈfeːlɪks ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈvaŋkl̩]; 13 August 1902 – 9 October 1988) was a German mechanical engineer and inventor after whom the Wankel engine was named. Wankel joined various radical antisemitic organizations after World War I and was a prominent member of the Nazi Party.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Felix Wankel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.