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Karl Friedrich Benz:

Date of Birth - November 24, 1844 Date of Death - April 4, 1929 Place of Birth - Mohlberg, Germany Place of Death - Ladenburg, Germany Cause of Death - Unknown Gender - Male Race/Ethnicity - White Occupation - Inventor, Business Nationality - German

Biggest Competitor - Gottlieb Daimler Favorite Food - unknown First Car He Invented - a "horseless carriage" in 1885, also known as a rack and pinion steering attached to a tiller, three wheel, tubular steel frame, electrical ignition, single cylinder wagon powered by an internal combustion engine. It had an amazing 0.8 horsepower, 800 watt engine with a top speed of 16 kilometers per hour. What is an internal combustion engine - an internal combustion engine is an engine in which the combustion of a fuel (usually a fossil fuel) occurs with an oxidiser in a combustion chamber Education - University of Karlsruhe Why called Mercedes - the name 'Mercedes' derives from the ten year-old daughter of Emil Jellinek (Mercedes Jellinek) the wealthy European entrepreneur who sat on the board of Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG), a mid 1800s German engine company. Mercedes Jellinek's real name was Adriana Manuela Ramona Jellinek, but she was called Mercedes. What does Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft mean - Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft in English literally means Daimler Motors. 3 starred logo - created by Daimler to show the utility of his engines for land, sea, and air transportation When was logo first used - first used on a DMG model in 1909, surrounded by original daimler - benz logo, and then chosen the be the only logo (without the original logo around it) in 1911

NOTES: When Karl Benz patented his internal combustion engine in his first car in 1886, he was officially ahead in the competition to create a revolutionary way of transportation: the automobile. After the creation of his first car, Benz started to fall behind his biggest competitor, Gottlieb Daimler, founder of Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (Daimler Motors). When this started to happen, Benz became inactive in the physical creation of his automobiles and hired some French engineers to do his work. Daimler resigned in 1893 and died in 1900. In 1924, Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (Daimler Motors) signed a long term co-operation with Karl Benz. The first brand name cars were produced in 1926 following the merger of Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (Daimler Motors) and Benz. Going back to before Daimler's death in 1900, he created the well known three point star logo which shows the utility of his engines relating to land, sea and air transportation. Through this logo, we can interpret that Daimler ultimately had a dream to become a main transportation company for land, sea, and air. This logo was first used in 1909 on a Mercedes model surrounded by the original Daimler-Benz laurel. It was later chosen as the Daimler-Benz logo permanently. The name of the company Daimler-Benz was later changed to Mercedes-Benz after Daimler's death, deriving from the daughter of Emil Jellinek, a wealthy entrepreneur who sat on the board of DMG (Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft) and who helped improve the engine of DMG. Emil Jellinek's daughter was called Mercedes, but her real full name was Adriana Manuela Ramona Jellinek.

Spouse - Bertha Benz Date of Birth - May 3, 1849 Date of Death -May 15, 944 Place of Birth - Pforzheim, Germany Place of Death - Ladenburg, Germany Cause of Death - unknown Gender - Female Race/Ethnicity - White Occupation - unknown Nationality - German