Étienne Lenoir

Belgian-French engineer (1822–1900)

Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir, also known as Jean J. Lenoir (12 January 1822 – 4 August 1900), was a Belgian-French engineer who invented the internal combustion engine in 1858. Prior designs for such engines were patented as early as 1807 (De Rivaz engine) and 1854 (Barsanti–Matteucci engine). He was born in Mussy-la-Ville (then in Luxembourg, part of the Belgian Province of Luxembourg since 1839).

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