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Béla Barényi

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Hungarian engineer and inventor (1907-1997)

GermanyScientistsLived 1907 to 1997 · aged 90
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Béla Barényi was an ethnic Hungarian engineer from Austria-Hungary, who was a prolific inventor, sometimes even compared to Thomas Edison. Barényi made numerous crash protection inventions, and is therefore regarded as the father of passive safety in automotive design.

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Barényi's birth house, the villa of the Austrian industrial magnates of the Keller family into which Barényi was bornBarényi's birth house, the villa of the Austrian industrial magnates of the Keller family into which Barényi was bornA crash-tested Mercedes-Benz.A crash-tested Mercedes-Benz.

Awards 2

1995Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1967Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille

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About this person

Béla Barényi was an ethnic Hungarian engineer from Austria-Hungary, who was a prolific inventor, sometimes even compared to Thomas Edison. Barényi made numerous crash protection inventions, and is therefore regarded as the father of passive safety in automotive design. "The lives of thousands of people have probably been saved thanks to Barényi's work."

Country
Germany
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1997 · aged 90
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17 languages

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