Wilhelm Maybach

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Wilhelm Maybach was a pioneering German engineer and industrialist best known for developing early high-performance automobile engines and co-founding the company that became Mercedes-Benz.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf engineer
human
industrialist
awardReceived Hall of Fame of the Automotive Industry (posthumous)
child Karl Maybach
coFounded Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft
Luftfahrzeug-Motorenbau GmbH
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
Germany
dateOfBirth 1846-02-09
dateOfDeath 1929-12-29
employer Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft
Deutz AG
Gottlieb Daimler’s workshop in Cannstatt
familyName Maybach
fieldOfWork automotive engineering
mechanical engineering
founded Maybach-Motorenbau
givenName Wilhelm
heritage German
influenced development of Mercedes-Benz brand
knownFor co-founding the company that became Mercedes-Benz
developing early high-performance automobile engines
pioneering work in automotive design
memberOf Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft management
name Wilhelm Maybach
nickname King of Designers
notableStudentOrProtégé Karl Maybach
notableWork Daimler-Maybach high-speed internal combustion engine
Mercedes 35 hp automobile design
Zeppelin airship engines
early Mercedes engines
high-performance automobile engines
occupation engineer
industrialist
placeOfBirth Heilbronn NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Württemberg NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Stuttgart NERFINISHED
Weimar Republic
residence Cannstatt NERFINISHED
Stuttgart NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Bertha Maybach
workedWith Gottlieb Daimler


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