Gottlieb Daimler

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Gottlieb Daimler was a pioneering German engineer and industrialist who helped develop the high-speed internal combustion engine and co-founded the company that became Mercedes-Benz.


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instanceOf engineer
human
industrialist
inventor
causeOfDeath heart disease
coFounded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft management
surface form: "Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft"

company that later became part of Mercedes-Benz
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
Germany
dateOfBirth 1834-03-17
dateOfDeath 1900-03-06
employer Daimler AG
surface form: "Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft"

Deutz AG
familyName Daimler AG
surface form: "Daimler"
fieldOfWork automotive engineering
internal combustion engines
mechanical engineering
givenName Gottlieb
hasChild Paul Daimler
hasRelative Emma Kunz
influenced development of Mercedes-Benz brand
early automobile industry
influencedBy Nicolaus Otto
nativeLanguage German
notableAchievement application of internal combustion engine to road vehicles
development of early motorboats
development of early motorcycles
pioneering work on high-speed petrol engine
notableRole pioneer of automobile engineering
notableStudentOrProtégé Wilhelm Maybach
notableWork development of high-speed internal combustion engine
early automobile design
occupation engineer
industrialist
inventor
partnerInBusiness Wilhelm Maybach
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Württemberg NERFINISHED
Schorndorf
placeOfDeath Cannstatt NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Württemberg NERFINISHED
Stuttgart NERFINISHED
positionHeld director of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft
technical director at Deutz gas engine factory
residence Cannstatt NERFINISHED
Schorndorf
Stuttgart NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Emma Kunz

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Daimler AG foundedBy Gottlieb Daimler
Mercedes-Benz foundedBy Gottlieb Daimler
Wilhelm Maybach workedWith Gottlieb Daimler

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