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Werner von Siemens
Ernst Werner Siemens was a German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist. Siemens's name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the siemens. He founded the electrical and telecommunications conglomerate Siemens and invented the electric tram, trolley bus, electric locomotive and electric elevator.
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business · German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist (1816–1892) · entrepreneur · military engineer · inventor · engineer · politician · railway engineer · also Werner von Siemens, Ernst Werner Siemens, Ernst Werner von Siemens, Siemens
Born 13 December 1816 · Died 6 December 1892 · Q58577
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1939· 1 entry
But the note remained in circulation until the issue of the Deutsche Mark on 21 June 1948
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1923· 1 entry
German botanist Ignatz Urban published Siemensia, which is a monotypic genus of flowering plant from Cuba belonging to the family Rubiaceae and was named in honor of Werner von Siemens
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1899· 1 entry
To Carl Dietrich Harries, and Carl Friedrich von Siemens
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1892· 2 entries
Died 1892-12-06.
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Awarded Order of Saint Michael (1892).
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1888· 1 entry
Becoming Werner von Siemens
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1886· 3 entries
Awarded Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order (1886).
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Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1886).
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Awarded Honorary doctor of the Heidelberg University (1886).
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1878· 1 entry
Awarded Commander's Cross of the Order of the Crown of Prussia (1878).
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1873· 1 entry
Awarded Commander's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph (1873).
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1870· 1 entry
His children from first marriage were Arnold von Siemens and Georg Wilhelm von Siemens, and his children from second marriage were Hertha von Siemens (1870 – 5 January 1939), married in 1899 to Carl Dietrich Harries, and Carl Friedrich von Siemens.
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1852· 2 entries
He was married twice: first in 1852 to Mathilde Drumann (died 1 July 1867), the daughter of the historian Wilhelm Drumann; second in 1869 to his relative Antonie Siemens (1840–1900).
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To Mathilde Drumann (died 1 July 1867), the daughter of the historian Wilhelm Drumann; second in 1869 to his relative Antonie Siemens (1840–1900)
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1843· 1 entry
Sold the rights to his first invention to Elkington of Birmingham
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1816· 1 entry
Born 1816-12-13.
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