Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel

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Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Paris, Île-de-France, France
Death: September 29, 1913 (55)
Oosterschelde, on a steamship from Antwerp to London (Alleged suicide)
Immediate Family:

Son of Theodor Diesel and Elise Friederika Diesel
Husband of Louise Martha Diesel
Father of Rudolf Diesel; Eugen Diesel and Hedwig von Schmidt

Occupation: Scientist, Inventor of the Diesel engine
Managed by: Eva Spiering
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Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel's Timeline

1858
March 3, 1858
Paris, Île-de-France, France
1884
1884
Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
1885
October 15, 1885
Paris, Île-de-France, France
1889
May 3, 1889
Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
1913
September 29, 1913
Age 55
Oosterschelde, on a steamship from Antwerp to London