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J Frank Duryea

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Profession
Entrepreneur
Died
Feb 15, 1967
Zodiac
Libra
Born in
Illinois
About
Famous as the co-inventor of the United States' very first gasoline-operated automobile, Duryea was also the champion of America's first car race (held in 1895).
Family
Though his older brother, Charles Duryea, also drafted automobile designs, Frank Duryea was largely responsible for both the final design and the mechanical assembly of the brothers' famous invention.

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