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Designer, founder
Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin was an English automobile designer and builder who founded the Austin Motor Company. After a first experience in Australia as a manufacturer of shearing machines, he returned to England to found his company.. Austin car models greatly influenced British and European light-car design.
Who-is-Who in MMS, History of machines, history of mechanical engineering, machine design, designer, automobile
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variant spelling:
Austin, Herbert
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Curriculum vitae
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* 11.11.1866
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Little Missenden
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born
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1883 - 1890
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Australia
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He is engineering manager in Australia
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1893
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He returns in England
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1895
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He designs his first Wolseley car
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1905
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He founds Austin Motor Company
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1914 - 1917
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During the First World War he produced munitions and military devices
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1918 - 1924
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He served as Conservative Member of Parliament
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† 23.05.1941
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Birmingham
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died
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