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Ernst Werner Siemens (von Siemens from 1888; English: / ˈ s iː m. ən z / SEEM-ənz; German: [ˈziːməns,-mɛns]; 13 December 1816 – 6 December 1892) was a German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist.
Werner von Siemens is a responsible entrepreneur and an inventor who plays a key role in fostering the development of electrical engineering.
Werner von Siemens (born Dec. 13, 1816, Lenthe, Prussia [now in Germany]—died Dec. 6, 1892, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Ger.) was a German electrical engineer who played an important role in the development of the telegraph industry.
A unit of electrical conductance, the siemens, bears his family name. In 1866, the research of Werner von Siemens would lead to his discovery of the dynamo electric principle that paved the way for the large-scale generation of electricity through mechanical means.
In the early 1890s, after Werner von Siemens had retired from active company management, Carl von Siemens became head of Siemens & Halske. In this capacity, he oversaw the company’s transformation into a joint stock company and the transfer of its leadership to a second entrepreneurial generation.
Werner von Siemens was a political leader as well as a scientist and entrepreneur. From 1862 to 1866, he represented the liberal Deutsche Fortschrittspartei in the Prussian state assembly.
Werner von Siemens laid the foundations for a new age of electricity. Faster than others, he recognized the potential of the dynamoelectric principle. Werner von Siemens is the first one able to put the dynamoelectric principle into practical use.
Sep 14, 2017 · We all know that crime does not pay. Sometimes, however, the strangest things come out of time spent in prison. Such was the case with Werner von Siemens, the great scientist and entrepreneur who brought the world closer together through the development of large-scale telegraphy systems.
Werner von Siemens not only formulated fundamental technological principles but – as a scientist and entrepreneur – always focused on the marketability of the products and systems solutions that he discovered.
Werner von Siemens, inventor and entrepreneur, was the outstanding founder figure in the German electrical engineering industry (or "electrotechnical" industry as he called it). Soldier with inventive talent
