Gottlieb Daimler

German engineer and industrialist (1834–1900)

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Gottlieb Daimler was a German engineer and industrialist who lived from 1834 to 1900 and is credited with pioneering the development of high-speed internal combustion engines. His work laid crucial groundwork for the automobile industry, making him one of the key figures in transportation history.

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It sits within the topics 1834 births, 1900 deaths and 19th-century German aviation.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Wilhelm
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of Württemberg
Place of birth: Schorndorf
Place of death: Bad Cannstatt
Child: Adolf Daimler
Occupation: entrepreneur
Position held: founder
Educated at: University of Stuttgart
Languages spoken: German
Image: Gottlieb Daimler 1890s2.jpg

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Commons category: Gottlieb Daimler
date of birth: 1834-03-17
date of death: 1900-03-06
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name in native language: Gottlieb Daimler
birth name: Gottlieb Däumler
manner of death: Suicide
honorific prefix: councillor of commerce

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Encyclopedic overview

Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler ( German: [ˈɡɔtliːp ˈdaɪmlɐ]; 17 March 1834 – 6 March 1900) was a German engineer, industrial designer and industrialist. He was a pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development. He invented the high-speed liquid petroleum-fueled engine.

Daimler and his lifelong business partner Wilhelm Maybach were two inventors whose goal was to create small, high-speed engines to be mounted in any kind of locomotion device. In 1883 they designed a horizontal cylinder layout compressed charge liquid petroleum engine that fulfilled Daimler's desire for a high speed engine which could be throttled, making it useful in transportation applications. This engine was called Daimler's Dream.

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