David Dunbar Buick

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David Dunbar Buick was a Scottish-born American inventor and automobile pioneer best known for founding the Buick Motor Company, one of the earliest and most influential U.S. car manufacturers.

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instanceOf automobile pioneer
industrialist
inventor
person
activeYears early 20th century
late 19th century
associatedWith General Motors
birthCountry Scotland
birthDate 1854-09-17
birthPlace Arbroath
surface form: Arbroath, Scotland
burialPlace Woodmere Cemetery, Detroit
causeOfDeath illness
commemoratedBy historical markers in Detroit and Arbroath
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1929-03-05
education self-taught in mechanics and engineering
employer Buick
surface form: Buick Motor Company
era early automotive era
ethnicOrigin Scottish
familyName Buick NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork automotive engineering
internal combustion automobiles
founded Buick
surface form: Buick Motor Company
fullName David Dunbar Buick self-link
givenName David
honoredBy induction into Automotive Hall of Fame
industry automotive industry
influenced development of mass-market American automobiles
knownFor founding Buick Motor Company
pioneering early American automobile industry
languageSpoken English
legacy Buick
surface form: Buick brand of automobiles
movedTo United States of America
movementDate emigrated to the United States as a child in the 19th century
nationality Scottish-American
notableAchievement developed one of the first successful overhead valve gasoline engines
notableFact died in relative poverty despite founding a major automobile brand
notableInvention innovations in enamel-coating process for bathtubs and fixtures
occupation automobile designer
entrepreneur
inventor
placeOfDeath Detroit
surface form: Detroit, Michigan
positionHeld founder of Buick Motor Company
preAutomotiveWork plumbing industry
religion Presbyterianism
residence Detroit
surface form: Detroit, Michigan

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Buick foundedBy David Dunbar Buick
David Dunbar Buick fullName David Dunbar Buick self-link