Biography
He was born on December 15, 1861 near Canton, Illinois to George Washington Duryea and Louisa Melvina Turner.
Charles Duryea and his brother Frank (1869–1967) were initially bicycle makers in Washington, D.C., but later became world-renowned as the first American gasoline-powered car manufacturers, headquartered in Springfield, Massachusetts. Generally speaking, Charles engineered the automobiles, while Frank built, tested and raced them.
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