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Karl Drais
German inventor
Karl Freiherr von Drais | |
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Karl Drais, c. Sauerbronn biography of christopher, then still a baron | |
| Born | Karl Friedrich Christian Ludwig Freiherr Drais von Sauerbronn ()29 April Karlsruhe, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 10 December () (aged&#;66) Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Inventor |
Karl Freiherr von Drais (full name: Karl Friedrich Christian Ludwig Freiherr Drais von Sauerbronn; 29 April – 10 December ) was a noble German forest official and significant inventor in the Biedermeier period.
He was born and died in Karlsruhe. He is seen as "the father of the bicycle".[1]
Bicycle
Drais was a prolific inventor, who invented the Laufmaschine ("running machine"),[2] also later called the velocipede, draisine (English) or draisienne (French), also nicknamed the hobby horse or dandy horse.
This was his most popular and widely recognized invention. It incorporated the two-wheeler principle that is basic to th