Werner von Siemens
13 December 1816 – 6 December 1892
Werner von Siemens (1816-1892) was a German electrical engineer, inventor, and industrialist who founded the company that became Siemens AG. He improved telegraph technology, discovered the dynamo-electric principle, and built the world's first electric railway.
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Life events
Ernst Werner Siemens was born the fourth of fourteen children of a tenant farmer near Hanover.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgUnable to afford university, Siemens entered the Prussian artillery, where he received engineering training at the Berlin artillery and engineering school.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSiemens devised a telegraph that used a needle to point to letters, an improvement on the Wheatstone design.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWith master mechanic Johann Georg Halske, Siemens founded the telegraph construction company that grew into Siemens AG.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSiemens & Halske constructed one of the first long-distance telegraph lines in Europe, linking Berlin with Frankfurt am Main.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSiemens described the self-excited electric generator, a foundation of modern electrical power engineering.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSiemens & Halske presented an electric locomotive drawing power from the rails at the Berlin Trade Exhibition.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSiemens was raised to the nobility, adding 'von' to his name.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWerner von Siemens died in Charlottenburg, Berlin, shortly before his 76th birthday.
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