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Karl Fredrich Benz was born, his name was given to him after his father who died in a locomotive accident.
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Although he was somewhat poor, his mother strongly pushed him to do well in school, and prized education(Karl benz).
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Karl decide to go into the locomotive field of work just like his father, there he thought about a "horseless carriage"(Karl)
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first he went into the field as a draftman and a designer at a factory in Mannheim Germany.
He lost that job and didn't find much success in tha work place. -
In 1871, He founded his first company with partner August Ritter, the "Iron Foundry and Machine Shop" a supplier of building materials.
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He married Bertha Ringer in 1872, who played an active role in his business, together they had five children.(Karl benz)
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Benz designed his engine and the body for the three-wheel vehicle with an electric ignition, differential gears, and water-cooling. The car was first driven in Mannheim in 1885.(KIT)
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His company produced its first four-wheeled car in 1893, which became popular to the people
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in 1906 he founded a second automaking concern, K. Benz & Sons, which built automobiles until 1923, and is presently an auto parts maker and major subcontractor for Daimler AG
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Karl Benz died at home in Ladenburg at the age of eighty-four from a bronchial inflammation.
