Karl Benz, who passed away on 4 April 1929, aged 84, was
a German engine designer and engineer, regarded as the inventor of the first
automobile powered by an internal combustion engine.
While contemporaries of Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach were
working on similar engines at the same time, it was Benz who received a patent
for his work first. Subsequently Benz would go on to patent all the processes
necessary to make the internal combustion engine feasible for use in an automobile.
Benz along with his wife Bertha went on to found the Mercedes-Benz company to
commercialize this technology. It is now one of the world's leading luxury car
brands.
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