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] ] Charles Brady King (February 2, 1868 – June 22, 1957) was an American engineer and entrepreneur remembered as an automotive pioneer, artist, etcher, musician, poet, architect, mystic, industrialist and inventor.〔Powell, pp. 6-9〕〔May, George S., ''Encyclopedia...,'' pp. 286-293〕 King was the first person in Detroit to design, build and drive a self-propelled automobile〔〔May, p. 16〕 – 3 months before Henry Ford built his automobile. The ''Detroit Journal'' of March 7, 1896, reports that King drove his motor-powered vehicle down Woodward Avenue – being the first person in Detroit to build and drive such a vehicle.〔Lewis, p. 171〕 The ''Journal'' also reports King made and sold the first complete automobile in Detroit.〔 == Early life == King was born February 2, 1868, at Camp Reynolds on Angel Island, California.〔〔King, p. 13〕 His father was a Civil War Union Army general, General John Haskell King.〔〔 His mother was Matilda C. Davenport, from the New England family line of Davenports that settled in Detroit.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Brady King」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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