David Dunbar Buick (September 17, 1854 – March 5, 1929) was a Scottish-born American inventor, widely known for founding the Buick Motor Company. He headed...
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Buick (/ˈbjuːɪk/) is a division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM). Started by automotive pioneer David Dunbar Buick in 1899...
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New Hampshire David Dunbar Buick (1854–1929), Scottish-born American inventor, best known for founding the Buick Motor Company David Dunbar-Nasmith (1921–1997)...
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Bewick (surname) (redirect from Buick (name))
and came to prominence in the person of David Dunbar Buick, the Angus-born, Scottish American founder of the Buick Motor Company. Certain surnames, with...
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Buick is a car brand of General Motors. Buick may also refer to: David Buick (politician) (1854–1929), New Zealand politician David Dunbar Buick (1848–1918)...
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individuals, including Ransom E. Olds, John and Horace Dodge, Henry Leland, David Dunbar Buick, Henry Joy, Charles King, and Henry Ford, provided the concentration...
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was first named the Buick Freeway to honor David Dunbar Buick's contributions to Flint's early automotive industry as founder of Buick Motor Company. I-475...
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Thomson and John Boyd Dunlop (1822–1873) The overhead valve engine: David Dunbar Buick (1854–1929) Tubular steel: Sir William Fairbairn (1789–1874) The Falkirk...
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enamelling cast iron bathtubs was invented by the Scottish-born American David Dunbar Buick.[citation needed] The clawfoot tub was considered a luxury item in...
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well-matched to the metal.[citation needed] The Buick automobile company was founded by David Dunbar Buick with wealth earned by his development of improved...
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completed in 1969. The same year, I-475 was named the David Dunbar Buick Freeway, after the founder of Buick Motor Company in Flint; the same legislation, House...
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inventor of a prototype waterbed and warm air stove. David Dunbar Buick (1854–1929), founder of Buick. Inventor of the enamelled bathtub and the overhead...
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William M. Blair, financier Glen Bell, founder of Taco Bell David Dunbar Buick, founder of the Buick Motor Company William Wallace Cargill, businessman and...
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from $1,695 to $2,590, (equivalent to $47,145 in 2023). Plans for David Dunbar Buick to build a larger Lorraine with an IOE engine did not go past the...
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May – William Bryant and Francis May Bugatti – Ettore Bugatti Buick – David Dunbar Buick Buitoni – Giovanni Battista Buitoni Bulgari – Italianized version...
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1906 to become general manager and plant supervisor for Buick Motor Company under David Dunbar Buick. With Durant's ousting in 1911, Little joined Durant...
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Walter Lorenzo Marr (category Buick)
and engineer who worked with David Dunbar Buick perfecting the first Buick production automobiles. He worked with Mr. Buick a number of times around the...
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is all-American. Buick – David Dunbar Buick was a Scottish-born American, a Detroit-based inventor, best known for founding the Buick Motor Company.[citation...
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pairs. It is an example of Buick's "Valve-in-Head" engine, a design variously attributed to Walter Marr, David Dunbar Buick, and his assistant Eugene Richard...
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Charlie Bennett (1854–1927), Major League Baseball player David Dunbar Buick (1854–1929), founder Buick Motor Company Hamilton Carhartt (1857–1937), founder...
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mathematician and academic (b. 1840) 1929 – David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick (b. 1854) 1934 – Reşit Galip, Turkish academic...
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February 3 – A. K. Erlang (born 1878), Danish mathematician. March 6 – David Dunbar Buick (born 1854), Scottish American automobile pioneer. April 4 – Karl...
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Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1912) 1854 – David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founded Buick Motor Company (d. 1929) 1857 – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky...
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March 2 – Sir Edward Seymour, British admiral (b. 1840) March 5 – David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American inventor (b. 1854) March 12 – Asa Griggs Candler...
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first man to drive across the United States. David Dunbar Buick, another Scottish emigrant, founded Buick in 1903. The Scottish-born William Blackie transformed...
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Flint Wagon Works (section Buick)
Flint Wagon Works brought the automotive industry to Flint by buying David Dunbar Buick's Detroit business and moving it to Flint. Overburdened with debt and...
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Creek) Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors (born in Waterford) David Dunbar Buick, founder of Buick Motor Company (born in Scotland; emigrated to Detroit where...
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individuals, including Ransom E. Olds, John and Horace Dodge, Henry Leland, David Dunbar Buick, Henry Joy, Charles King, and Henry Ford, provided the concentration...
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1908 by William C. Durant as a holding company for Buick, which had been founded by David Dunbar Buick in 1903 and controlled by Durant since 1904. Durant...
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Bugatti Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian president – Buharism David Dunbar Buick, American businessman – Buick Dagwood Bumstead, American comics character – Dagwood...
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