Adolf Daimler

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1907

Adolf Daimler (8 September 1871 – 24 March 1913)

Mercedes 3-pointed star logo.[2]

Biography

Mercedes marque (1909) developed by Adolf Daimler

Adolf Daimler was born on September 8, 1871, in Karlsruhe, then the capital of the Grand Duchy of Baden. He was the second son of Gottlieb Daimler and spent his childhood in Cologne when his father served as technical director at the Deutz AG gas engine factory. In 1882, the family moved to Bad Cannstatt, one of the outer city districts of Stuttgart, then the capital of the Kingdom of Württemberg. Adolf attended the nearby Royal Institute of Stuttgart (German: Königliche Realanstalt zu Stuttgart), where he graduated in 1891. After an apprenticeship at the Maschinenfabrik Esslingen company, he studied mechanical engineering at the University of Stuttgart from 1895 to 1898. During this time he married Marie Schuler.

In 1899 Adolf joined his father's company,

Board of Directors. After a long illness, Adolf died on March 24, 1913, in the university town of Tübingen. His funeral was held on March 26, 1913, at Uff Cemetery in Bad Cannstatt, where his father had already been laid to rest a few years earlier. His funeral was attended by a number of industrialist dignitaries, including Robert Bosch.[3]

Honors

References

  1. ^ "Daimler, Adolf". Deutsche Biographie (in German). Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  2. ^ a b Daimler (2018). "The Mercedes star is born". Daimler AG. Stuttgart, Germany. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  3. ^ "Zum 50. Todestag von Adolf Daimler" [On the 50th anniversary of the death of Adolf Daimler]. Stuttgarter Nachrichten (in German). Stuttgart. 1963-03-22.
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