KARL BENZ
1844–1929
Engineer Karl Benz’s vision was to design a mode of transportation for the general public that required neither horses nor rails. In developing the “horseless carriage,” the first practical automobile powered by an internal combustion engine, he revolutionized the way in which people were able to travel.
Karl Friedrich Benz was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, and was just two years old when his father, a train driver, died. As a boy, Benz fixed watches and clocks to help his mother financially. At school, he excelled at his studies and went on to take a degree in mechanical engineering at Karlsruhe ...
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