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Gottlieb Daimler

Also Known As Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler
Automotive Pioneers and Engineers

German engineer and industrial designer who, with his chief engineer Wilhelm Maybach, developed one of the first high-speed petrol engines and built some of the earliest motorized vehicles in the 1880s. The company he founded merged in 1926 with Karl Benz's to form Daimler-Benz. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Year
1834 1
Death Year
1900 1
Nationality
German 1
Connections

Followed By

Ferdinand Porsche, Figures
Source Wikipedia: Ferdinand Porsche

Long-Form Articles

One small engine for land, water and air, Articles

Pioneered

Automobile Transport, Modes
Source Wikipedia: Gottlieb Daimler
Internal combustion engine, Engines

Independently pioneered a high-speed IC engine for road transport, 1880s

Motorcycle Transport, Modes
Source Wikipedia: Motorcycle
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Nationality

Germany

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Gottlieb DaimlerLead sentence 1tier 2
Quote, Lead sentence 1
Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler (German: [ˈɡɔtliːp ˈdaɪmlɐ]; 17 March 1834 – 6 March 1900) was a German engineer, industrial designer and industrialist.
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1. Wikipedia: Gottlieb Daimler
Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    He was a pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development. He invented the high-speed liquid petroleum-fueled engine.
  • Lead section (full name)
    Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler (German:
  • Pioneered: Automobile Transport, lead section
    He was a pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development. He invented the high-speed liquid petroleum-fueled engine.
  • In Group: Automotive Engineers and Designers, Lead sentence
    Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler (German: [ˈɡɔtliːp ˈdaɪmlɐ]; 17 March 1834-6 March 1900) was a German engineer, industrial designer and industrialist.
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Wikipedia: Ferdinand Porsche
WikipediaFollowed By: Ferdinand Porsche, Career at Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft
Quote, Followed By: Ferdinand Porsche, Career at Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft
A few months later, Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft hired Porsche to serve as Technical Director in Stuttgart, Germany, which was already a major center for the German automotive industry.
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Wikipedia: Motorcycle
WikipediaPioneered: Motorcycle Transport, History
Quote, Pioneered: Motorcycle Transport, History
The 1885 Daimler Reitwagen made by Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach in Germany was the first internal combustion petroleum-fueled motorcycle.
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