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    Karl Drais

    German inventor

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    Born

    Karl Friedrich Christian Ludwig Freiherr Drais von Sauerbronn


    (1785-04-29)29 April 1785

    Karlsruhe, Holy Roman Empire

    Died10 December 1851(1851-12-10) (aged 66)

    Karlsruhe, Baden, Germany

    NationalityGerman
    OccupationInventor

    Karl Freiherr von Drais (full name: Karl Friedrich Christian Ludwig Freiherr Drais von Sauerbronn; 29 April 1785 – 10 December 1851) 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 t