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Adam Opel
Sign in to savefounder of the German automobile company Adam Opel AG (1837–1895)
OverviewAI-generated
Adam Opel was a male entrepreneur, inventor, machinist, and industrialist born in Rüsselsheim am Main on May 9, 1837. He worked in the industrial sector, focusing on sewing machines, bicycles, and motor vehicles. A member of the VDI – The Association of German Engineers, he held the position of founder within his professional endeavors.
He was married to Sophie Opel and had four children: Ludwig Opel, Friedrich Opel, Carl von Opel, and Wilhelm von Opel. Opel died in Rüsselsheim am Main on September 8, 1895. He was a citizen of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and spoke German. His name in his native language is Adam Opel.
Synthesized by Vinony from 34 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, OpenAlex, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Rekord-E
- Shop-manual
- Senator Monza shop manual
- Kadett-c
- Kadett-D
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- United Kingdom
Discography
- Wicker Hymns2019
- Wicker Hymns 22020
- Wicker Hymns III2020
- Wicker Hymns IV2020
- Night2021
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 4
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Adam+Opel">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 2
- Cited by
- 17
Research areas
Most cited works
- An assessment of the new LS-DYNA layered solid element: basics, patch simulation and its potential for thick composite structure analysis2009 · 17 cit
- Premium Quality Not a Question of Size2009 · 0 cit
via OpenAlex · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,894x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,620x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,790x
- Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant
· 1998 · cited 16,276x
- The variant call format and VCFtools
· 2011 · cited 15,745x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1837-05-09 ) 9 May 1837, Rüsselsheim , Hesse
- Died
- 8 September 1895 (1895-09-08) (aged 58), Rüsselsheim, Germany
- Occupations
- manufacturer of bicycles and sewing machines
- Known for
- Founder of Opel
- Spouse
- Sophie Opel (m. 1868)
- Children
- 5, including Carl and Wilhelm
- Relatives
- Fritz von Opel (grandson), Rikky von Opel (great-grandson), Gunter Sachs (great-grandson)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Adam
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Place of birth
- Rüsselsheim am Main
- Place of death
- Rüsselsheim am Main
- Spouse
- Sophie Opel
- Child
- Wilhelm von Opel
- Occupation
- inventor
- Position held
- founder
- Languages spoken
- German
- Field of work
- motor vehicle
- Image
- Adam Opel 1868.jpg
- Work location
- Rüsselsheim am Main
Show 7 more facts
- Commons category
- Adam Opel
- date of death
- 1895-09-08
- date of birth
- 1837-05-09
- Commons gallery
- Adam Opel
- name in native language
- Adam Opel
- P8168
- Chur
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Adam Opel (9 May 1837 – 8 September 1895) was a German entrepreneur who founded the company Adam Opel AG, then a manufacturer of bicycles and sewing machines.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adam Opel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.