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Werner von Siemens

1816 - 1892

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Ernst Werner Siemens (von Siemens from 1888; SEEM-ənz; German: [ˈziːməns, -mɛns]; 13 December 1816 – 6 December 1892) 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. His dynamo laid the foundation for the modern age of electricity and he was involved in the development of the electric car. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Werner von Siemens is the 26th most popular inventor (down from 21st in 2019), the 257th most popular biography from Germany (down from 212th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Inventor.

Werner von Siemens is most famous for inventing the dynamo, which is an electric generator that produces electricity.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Werner von Siemens ranks 26 out of 426. Before him are Karl Ferdinand Braun, George Stephenson, Hans Lippershey, Eli Whitney, Lee de Forest, and Bartolomeo Cristofori. After him are John Logie Baird, Denis Papin, Thomas Newcomen, Abbas ibn Firnas, Jimmy Wales, and Ernő Rubik.

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Among people born in 1816, Werner von Siemens ranks 2. Before him is Charlotte Brontë. After him are Carl Zeiss, Arthur de Gobineau, Ferdinand II of Portugal, Eugène Edine Pottier, Maria Theresa of Austria, Abbas I of Egypt, Paul Reuter, Wazir Akbar Khan, Charles-Eugène Delaunay, and Carl Ludwig. Among people deceased in 1892, Werner von Siemens ranks 4. Before him are Bahá'u'lláh, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, and Walt Whitman. After him are Ernest Renan, John Couch Adams, Alexander Mackenzie, Édouard Lalo, Richard Owen, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, Rudolf von Jhering, and Annibale de Gasparis.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Werner von Siemens ranks 257 out of 7,253. Before him are Robert Bunsen (1811), Justus von Liebig (1803), Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717), Heinrich Schütz (1585), Jacob Grimm (1785), and Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282). After him are August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), Anne of Cleves (1515), Hans Holbein the Younger (1497), Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838), and Ludwig Erhard (1897).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Werner von Siemens ranks 6. Before him are Johannes Gutenberg (1394), Karl Benz (1844), Nikolaus Otto (1832), Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850), and Hans Lippershey (1570). After him are Wilhelm Maybach (1846), Karl Drais (1785), Konrad Zuse (1910), Adam Opel (1837), Emile Berliner (1851), and Joseph Pilates (1883).

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