Georg Wilhelm von Siemens
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Georg Wilhelm von Siemens (30 July 1855, Berlin
– 14 October 1919, Arosa, Switzerland
) was a German
telecommunication
s industrialist.
Known as Wilhelm von Siemens, he was the son of Werner von Siemens
by first wife Mathilde Duman and was a general partner of Siemens AG
.
Married in 1882 to Eleonore Siemens (2 March 1860 - 26 July 1919), and were the parents of:
He is credited with championing the Berlin to Iraq railway system that was to be completed about 1915. The direct competition such a railway system posed to British imperial domination was one of the major causes of WW I.
Berlin
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– 14 October 1919, Arosa, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
) was a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
telecommunication
Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information over significant distances to communicate. In earlier times, telecommunications involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages via coded...
s industrialist.
Known as Wilhelm von Siemens, he was the son of Werner von Siemens
Ernst Werner von Siemens
Ernst Werner Siemens, von Siemens since 1888, was a German inventor and industrialist. Siemens' name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the siemens...
by first wife Mathilde Duman and was a general partner of Siemens AG
Siemens AG
Siemens AG is a German multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Munich, Germany. It is the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company....
.
Married in 1882 to Eleonore Siemens (2 March 1860 - 26 July 1919), and were the parents of:
- Wilhelm Ferdinand von Siemens (born 1885)
- Mathilde Eleonore Eveline von Siemens (born 1888)
He is credited with championing the Berlin to Iraq railway system that was to be completed about 1915. The direct competition such a railway system posed to British imperial domination was one of the major causes of WW I.