Gottlieb Daimler

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Gottlieb Daimler

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Gottlieb Daimler (March 17, 1834 – March 6, 1900) was a key figure in the development of the gasoline engine and the invention and development of the automobile.

Born in Schorndorf, he served an apprenticeship as a gunsmith and spent a period abroad studying mechanical engineering before attending technical college in Stuttgart. Daimler developed in Bad Cannstatt - a city district of Stuttgart (Germany)- the world's first motorbike in 1885, and world's first four-wheeled automobile in 1886.

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Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz-Foundation (http://www.daimler-benz-stiftung.de/home/en/start.html)

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