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Fellow of the Royal Society
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Carl Wilhelm Siemens
1823-04-04 – 1883-11-19
Life & Legacy
Sir Carl Wilhelm Siemens (4 April 1823 – 19 November 1883), anglicised to Charles William Siemens, was a German-British electrical engineer and businessman. He was born on April 4, 1823, in the Kingdom of Hanover and died on 19 November 1883 at the age of 60 years in London.
He received the Albert Medal in 1874, the Royal Society Bakeries Medal in 1871, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1862. He invented the regenerative furnace which enabled a process that came to be known as the Siemens-Martin process.
Occupation & Career
engineer, inventor, metallurgist, businessperson, electrical engineer
Education
University of Göttingen
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Fellow of the Royal Society; Albert Medal; Bessemer Gold Medal; Royal Society Bakerian Medal; Honorary doctorate from the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg; Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford; honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow; Knight Bachelor
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Albert Medal · Bessemer Gold Medal · Fellow of the Royal Society · Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford · Honorary doctorate from the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg · honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow · Knight Bachelor · Royal Society Bakerian Medal
Organizations & Memberships
Royal Society of London · Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Education & Institutions
University of Göttingen
Verified Legacy Record
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Albert Medal
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Bessemer Gold Medal
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Royal Society Bakerian Medal
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Honorary doctorate from the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg
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Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
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honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow
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Knight Bachelor
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Family Father
Christian Ferdinand Siemens
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Family Sibling
Werner von Siemens
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Family Sibling
Hans Siemens
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Family Sibling
Friedrich Siemens
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Family Sibling
Carl Heinrich von Siemens
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Family Sibling
Ferdinand Siemens
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Family Sibling
Otto Siemens
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Family Sibling
Walter Siemens
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Sources & Provenance
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