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Gottlieb Daimler

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German engineer and industrialist (1834–1900)

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Gottlieb Daimler, born Wilhelm Gottlieb Däumler on March 17, 1834, in Schorndorf, was a German engineer, inventor, industrialist, and entrepreneur. He was a citizen of the Kingdom of Württemberg and educated at the University of Stuttgart. Daimler served as a founder and was employed by Deutz AG. He held the position of councillor of commerce and was recognized in the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection.

He died by suicide on March 6, 1900, in Bad Cannstatt. Daimler spoke German and had two children, Paul Daimler and Adolf Daimler. His works include five entries in cross-reference databases and one work titled *Lebensraum Stadt* associated with the Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz Stiftung. He is referenced by 195 other encyclopedia articles.

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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.

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

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