Ernst Werner von Siemens was born at Lenthe, Hanover, Germany, in December 1816, the oldest of four brothers. After receiving an education at Lübeck, he went into the army and became an officer. However, he was eventually sent to prison for...

Werner Siemens, German inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur was born on December 13, 1816, in Lenthe near Hanover, Lower Saxony, as the fourth child of fourteen children. His father was a tenant farmer. Siemens's education was first undertaken...

1816-1892 German electrical engineer and inventor who made important contributions to the electrical supply industry in Germany, Britain, and Russia. Siemens also developed the telegraphic system in his native Prussia and invented the dial telegraph...

Ernst Werner von Siemens (known as Werner von Siemens) (December 13, 1816 – December 6, 1892) was a German inventor and industrialist. Siemens' name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the...

Wilfried Feldenkirchen's well-written book on Werner von Siemens (1816-92) is the first in a three-volume history of the Siemens corporation. This first volume deals primarily with Werner von Siemens as a businessman. Feldenkirchen gives an account of von Siemens' life set against the...

Member of the Trapp Family Singers Werner von Trapp was a member of the famed family of singers who became world renowned when their life formed the basis of the durable stage musical The Sound of Music, filmed with enormous success in 1965....