He was born Dec 18,1858 He died September 29,He made diesel well you know it by the name.by 1912 he had more than 700,000 factories and diesel engines around the world.by the time of his death he was on his way to England for the ground braking of the Dies but on the way he dies.In 1898 Rudolf Diesel was granted panted #608,845 an international comdustion engine the Diesel engine.Diesel also invented heated engines with soler power.In 1893 he wrote a paper on engines and what they do.On August,10 1893 Rudolf Diesel's prim model was a 10 foot iron cylinder with a flatwheel the base,ran an its own power the first time and it worked.though he is best known for his invention of the presser ignited heat engine.Rudolf Diesel is so risky and wants his engine to work so much he was almost killed by one it blue up right in front of him.Diesel in my view is the best inventer of all time.