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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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Instance of
human
Given name
Wilhelm
Gender
male
Place of birth
Schorndorf
Place of death
Bad Cannstatt
Occupation
entrepreneur
Position held
founder
Languages spoken
German
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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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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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