Gottfried Schloemer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gottfried Schloemer

cooper

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1842

Place of Birth: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 24-Nov-1921

Profession: cooper, businessperson

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Gottfried Schlöemer or Godfrey Schlöemer (1842–1921) was a coopersmith, mechanic and inventor who lived on the south side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US. His principal claim to fame rests on the "motor wagon" that he built there in 1889, which some have hailed as the first workable gasoline-engine automobile ever built in the United States, four years ahead of Charles and Frank Duryea, who are most often identified with this achievement.At the time of his death certain local reports even claimed him as the designer and maker of the first gasoline-powered automobile in the world, although that honor is usually given to the German Karl Benz in 1885.