Gottlieb Daimler
Gottlieb Daimler: Inventor of the Truck
Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler was a German engineer, designer and industrialist. He is seen as the inventor of the truck and pioneer of modern freight transport. He can claim to have developed and played a part in building the most successful means of freight transport ever. In recognition of these pioneering achievements, Daimler was inducted into the Logistics Hall of Fame in 2014.
| Field | automotive industry, mobility |
| Born | March 17, 1834 in Schorndorf, Germany |
| Died | March 6, 1900 in Cannstatt, Germany |
| Induction into the Logistics Hall of Fame | 2014, Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Berlin, Germany |
| Congratulatory speaker | Alexander Dobrindt, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, patron of the Logistics Hall of Fame |
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Vita
Born on March 17, 1834 in Schorndorf
1848 Completes grammar school, begins apprenticeship as a gunsmith
1852 Qualifies as gunsmith
1853 First job in an engineering factory
1857 Studies Engineering at the Polytechnical College in Stuttgart
1862 Designer at the Metallwarenfabrik Straub metalworking factory
1865 Head of the machine factory of the "Bruderhaus" orphanage in Reutlingen
1869 Head of the workshops of the Karlsruher Maschinenbaugesellschaft engineering company
1872 Moves to Deutz AG, from 1875 head of the workshops
1882 Founding of the "testing workshop" in Cannstatt
1890 Founding of the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft company together with Wilhelm Maybach, Max Duttenhofer and Wilhelm Lorenz
1894/95 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft company
1896 Construction of the first motorised truck
1900 Gottlieb Daimler dies in Cannstatt
2014 Induction into the Logistics Hall of Fame
Photos: Daimler AG
