Eduardo Weber
Male, Deceased Person
1889 – 1945
Who was Eduardo Weber?
Eduardo Weber was an Italian engineer and businessman, famous for creating the Weber carburetor.
He was born in Torino to a Swiss father and mother from Piemonte. After graduating in mechanical engineering from the Università degli Studi di Torino he moved to Bologna to work for Fiat. He was a tutor to Amédée Gordini and, at Mugello, he raced a Fiat 501 to third place on 13 June 1920.
His work to remedy high gasoline prices resulted in the first Weber carburetor, a "sidedraft, double-throat ... bolted to a Weber designed overhead-valve/supercharger conversion for the 501 Fiat". In 1923 he established the Fabbrica Italiana Carburatori Weber company.
Weber was with the Italian Fascist Party. After his disappearance in May 1945, Fiat eventually assumed control of the company in 1952.
He is buried in the Certosa di Bologna.
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- Born
- Nov 29, 1889
Turin - Education
- University of Turin
- Died
- May 17, 1945
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on July 23, 2013
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