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Benz, Karl (Friedrich)
| (1844-1929), German mechanical engineer, designed and built the first practical automobile to be powered by an internal combustion engine (1885). Benz & Company, Mannheim, Germany, was founded in 1883 to build stationary internal combustion engines. Patented Jan. 29, 1886, the original Benz vehicle was three-wheeled, with the fourth wheel added by 1893. The company produced a series of racing cars beginning in 1899. Although Benz had left the Company in 1906 to form another firm with his sons, Benz & Company went on to merge into Daimler-Benz in 1926. He was born Nov. 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany and died April 4, 1929, Ladenburg, near Mannheim. See also Siegfried Marcus. |
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