Eugenio Barsanti, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eugenio Barsanti

Italian engineer

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1821

Place of Birth: Pietrasanta, Tuscany, Italy

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1864

Profession: engineer, physicist, inventor, presbyter

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Father Eugenio Barsanti (12 October 1821 – 19 April 1864), also named Nicolò, was an Italian engineer, who together with Felice Matteucci of Florence invented the first version of the internal combustion engine in 1853.
Their patent request was granted in London on June 12, 1854, and published in London's Morning Journal under the title "Specification of Eugene Barsanti and Felix Matteucci, Obtaining Motive Power by the Explosion of Gasses", as documented by the Fondazione Barsanti e Matteucci.