Wilhelm Maybach
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German engine designer and industrialist (1846–1929)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1846-02-09 ) 9 February 1846, Heilbronn , Württemberg , German Confederation
- Died
- 29 December 1929 (1929-12-29) (aged 83), Stuttgart , Württemberg , Germany
- Occupations
- Engineer and industrialist
- Known for
- Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft , Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Wilhelm
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Heilbronn
- Place of death
- Stuttgart
- Child
- Karl Maybach
- Occupation
- industrialist
- Position held
- founder
- Languages spoken
- German
- Image
- Wilhelm-maybach-1900.jpg
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- Wilhelm Maybach
- date of birth
- 1846-02-09
- date of death
- 1929-12-29
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- Wilhelm Maybach
- facial hair
- Van Dyke beard
- birth name
- August Wilhelm Maybach
- name in native language
- Wilhelm Maybach
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Encyclopedic overview
Wilhelm Maybach ( German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈmaɪbax] ; 9 February 1846 – 29 December 1929) was an early German engine designer and industrialist. During the 1890s he was hailed in France, then the world centre for car production, as the "King of Designers".
From the late 19th century Wilhelm Maybach, together with Gottlieb Daimler, developed light, high-speed internal combustion engines suitable for land, water, and air use. These were fitted to the world's first motorcycle, motorboat, and after Daimler's death, a new automobile introduced in late 1902, the Mercedes model, built to the specifications of Emil Jellinek.
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