Rudolf Diesel

Born 1858 Died 1913 in mysterious circumstances.
A german inventor, developed the idea of the [Compression Ignition engine]? during
the last two decades of the 19th Century. Working at the MAN? plant at Augsburg?
This [Diesel Engine] was named after him. Originally it was known as the oil engine.

He disappeared on a cross-channel ferry in 1913, just prior to the outbreak of WW1, which is highly suspicious.