James Franklin Duryea (1869 to 1967), known as J. Frank Duryea, was an American automobile pioneer. With his brother Charles Edgar Duryea he is credited by Grace's Guide with inventing the first gas-powered automobile in America. The source divides the work between the two brothers: Charles had the vision to get the idea off the ground, while Frank had the diligence to see the project through to completion and did all of the mechanical work. He was the son of George Washington Duryea and Louisa Melvina Turner. Grace's Guide files him under its automotive and United States biography categories. This is a brief entry drawn from a short source page, so it records that source's account of the brothers' shared credit and nothing beyond it.
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invented the first gas-powered automobile in America
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James Franklin Duryea (1869-1967) and his brother Charles Edgar Duryea invented the first gas-powered automobile in America.
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invented the first gas-powered automobile in America
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Winner of the first car race on American soil
On November 28, 1895, Frank Duryea won the first motor-car race in the United States of America, the Chicago Times-Herald race.
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was an American engineer and inventor who
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