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Carl Wilhelm Siemens

1823 - 1883

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Sir Carl Wilhelm Siemens (4 April 1823 – 19 November 1883), anglicised to Charles William Siemens, was a German-British electrical engineer and businessman. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Wilhelm Siemens is the 222nd most popular inventor (down from 202nd in 2019), the 2,872nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,477th in 2019) and the 31st most popular German Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Carl Wilhelm Siemens ranks 222 out of 426. Before him are David Schwarz, Narcís Monturiol, David Edward Hughes, Shigeo Shingo, Jethro Tull, and Traian Vuia. After him are Oskar Barnack, Melvil Dewey, Elihu Thomson, Hubert Cecil Booth, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, and Lars Magnus Ericsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1823, Carl Wilhelm Siemens ranks 39. Before him are Sophie Adlersparre, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Kurmangazy Sagyrbaev, Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria, and Enrico Betti. After him are Schuyler Colfax, Imre Madách, Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens, Robert Whitehead, Count Richard Belcredi, and Marietta Alboni. Among people deceased in 1883, Carl Wilhelm Siemens ranks 40. Before him are Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha, Juliette Drouet, Iwakura Tomomi, Cyprian Norwid, Gustave Aimard, and Robert Volkmann. After him are Filippo Pacini, Oswald Heer, Napoleon Orda, Reinhart Dozy, Seru Epenisa Cakobau, and Ciprian Porumbescu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Wilhelm Siemens ranks 2,874 out of 7,253. Before him are Willi Graf (1918), Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1735), Otl Aicher (1922), Carl Hilpert (1888), Franz Xaver von Baader (1765), and Robert Volkmann (1815). After him are Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1502), Christoph Amberger (1505), Greta Schröder (1891), Otto Nerz (1892), Wilhelm Brückner (1884), and Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann (1743).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Carl Wilhelm Siemens ranks 31. Before him are Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (1787), Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803), Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740), Johann Christoph Denner (1655), Max Skladanowsky (1863), and Helmut Gröttrup (1916). After him are Oskar Barnack (1879), Fritz von Opel (1899), Ricardo Wolf (1887), Eugen Langen (1833), Adolf Martens (1850), and Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789).

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