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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- Lenthe
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- Katharineum
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- 🏆 Order of Saint Michael🏆 Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order🏆 Commander's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph🏆 Honorary doctor of the Heidelberg University🏆 Commander's Cross of the Order of the Crown of Prussia
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1816
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Birth1892
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