Engineers

Karl Benz

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Technology and Engineering Atlas. "Karl Benz." Accessed August 29, 2026. https://dev-technology.interactiveatlas.org/engineers/karl-benz.

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Technology and Engineering Atlas. (n.d.). Karl Benz. Retrieved August 29, 2026, from https://dev-technology.interactiveatlas.org/engineers/karl-benz

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@misc{technologyandengineeringatlas-karl-benz,
  author = {Technology and Engineering Atlas},
  title = {Karl Benz},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-technology.interactiveatlas.org/engineers/karl-benz},
  note = {Accessed August 29, 2026}
}

Karl Benz was a German engineer who filed a patent for his Benz Patent-Motorwagen on January 29, 1886, a three-wheeled vehicle with its internal combustion engine designed into the chassis from the start rather than fitted to an existing carriage. The patent, German Patent No. 37435, is conventionally treated as the birth certificate of the automobile.

Facts

Birth Year

1844 1

Death Year

1929 1

Nationality

German 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Invented

The Automobile

Source Encyclopaedia BritannicaEncyclopaedia Britannica editors

Sources

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

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