_en_1912_(du_au_meusien_Fosse,_sur_fonds_anglais).jpg/256px-Nicolas-Joseph_Cugnot,_monument_à_Void_(Lorraine)_en_1912_(du_au_meusien_Fosse,_sur_fonds_anglais).jpg "Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot biography")
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
Inventor
1725 – 1804
Photo Credit »
78 Views
Who was Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot?
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot was a French inventor. He is known to have built the first working self-propelled mechanical vehicle, the world's first automobile. This claim is disputed by some sources, however, which suggest that Ferdinand Verbiest, as a member of a Jesuit mission in China, may have been the first to build, around 1672, a steam-powered vehicle but that was too small to carry a driver or passengers.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
- Born
- Feb 26, 1725
Void-Vacon - Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Died
- Oct 2, 1804
Brussels
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
Citation
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 26 Apr. 2024. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/nicolas-joseph_cugnot>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot biography with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In