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  1. David Dunbar Buick (September 17, 1854 – March 5, 1929) was a Scottish-born American inventor, widely known for founding the Buick Motor Company. He headed this company and its predecessor from 1899–1906, thereby helping to create one of the most successful nameplates in United States motor vehicle history.

  2. 14 November 2021. By Magnus Bennett,BBC Scotland News. General Motors. As inventors go, David Dunbar Buick is up there with the best of them. During his lifetime, he came up with a...

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  3. On March 5, 1929, David Dunbar Buick, the founder of the Buick Motor Company, dies in relative obscurity and meager circumstances at the age of 74. In 1908, Buick’s company became the...

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  5. Aug 15, 2013 · Buick himself didn't fare nearly as well as the cars that bore his name, eventually dying broke. As GM again tells us. David Dunbar Buick died penniless on March 3, 1929 at Harper Hospital in Detroit.

  6. Sep 23, 2018 · Even his journey to America was improbable. David Dunbar Buick was born in 1854 in Arbroath, a prosperous Scottish fishing village on the North Sea, to parents who spelled their last name "Buik." The family name, before the "c" was added, may be Old English designating a farm or a component of a cannon. The family patriarch, a carpenter and ...

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