Eugen Langen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eugen Langen

German businessman

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1833

Place of Birth: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 02-Oct-1895

Profession: engineer, entrepreneur, inventor

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Carl Eugen Langen (9 October 1833 – 2 October 1895) was a German entrepreneur, engineer and inventor, involved in the development of the petrol engine and the Wuppertal Suspension Railway.
In 1857 he worked in his father's sugar factory, JJ Langen & Söhne, and after extensive technical training at the Polytechnic institute in Karlsruhe, patented a method for producing sugar cubes.
He sold this method in 1872 by Sir Henry Tate of England, founder of the Tate Gallery in London.