Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Felix Wankel across 3 places, from 1902 to 1988.
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Felix Heinrich Wankel (13 August 1902 – 9 October 1988) was a German mechanical engineer and inventor after whom the Wankel engine was named.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Felix Wankel was documented, and when
1902year
Lahrattested“Wankel was born in 1902 in Lahr in what was then the Grand Duchy of Baden in the Upper Rhine Plain of present-day southwestern Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Felix Wankel
1902year
Upper Rhine Plainattested“Wankel was born in 1902 in Lahr in what was then the Grand Duchy of Baden in the Upper Rhine Plain of present-day southwestern Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Felix Wankel
October 1988month
Heidelbergattested“Wankel died in Heidelberg in October 1988, aged 86.”source: Wikipedia: Felix Wankel
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1921year
Donaueschingenmentioned“He went to high schools in Donaueschingen, Heidelberg, and Weinheim, and left school without Abitur in 1921.”source: Wikipedia: Felix Wankel
1924year
Heidelbergmentioned“He and some friends had already run an unofficial afterwork machine shop in a backyard shed in Heidelberg since 1924.”source: Wikipedia: Felix Wankel
June 1926month
Heidelbergmentioned“He learned the trade of purchaser at the Carl Winter Press in Heidelberg and worked for the publishing house until June 1926.”source: Wikipedia: Felix Wankel
30 January 1933exact date
Lahrmentioned“Since the Nazis' seizure of power on 30 January 1933 had strengthened his position, Wagner had Wankel arrested and imprisoned in the Lahr jail in March 1933.”source: Wikipedia: Felix Wankel
1951year
Lindaumentioned“However, by 1951, he got funding from the Goetze AG company to furnish the new Technical Development Center in his privately owned house in Lindau on Lake Constance.”source: Wikipedia: Felix Wankel
19 January 1960exact date
Munichmentioned“On 19 January 1960 the rotary engine was presented for the first time to specialists and the press in a meeting of the German Engineers' Union at the Deutsches Museum in Munich.”source: Wikipedia: Felix Wankel
1963year
Frankfurtmentioned“At the 1963 IAA motor show in Frankfurt, the NSU company presented the NSU Wankel-Spider, the first consumer vehicle with a rotary engine, which went into production in 1964.”source: Wikipedia: Felix Wankel
1969year
Technical University of Munichmentioned“In 1969, Wankel was granted an honorary Doctorate of Engineering from the Technical University of Munich.”source: Wikipedia: Felix Wankel
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