Carl Wilhelm Siemens

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Carl Wilhelm Siemens was a 19th-century German-born British engineer and industrialist renowned for his innovations in steelmaking and furnace technology.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Fellow of the Royal Society
businessman
engineer
industrialist
inventor
member of the Royal Society
awardReceived Order of the Bath
Royal Society Royal Medal
burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Prussia
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1823-04-04
dateOfDeath 1883-11-19
educatedAt Göttingen University
employer Siemens Brothers
familyName Siemens
fieldOfWork electrical engineering
industrial engineering
mechanical engineering
metallurgy
fullName Charles William Siemens
gender male
givenName Carl
knownFor innovations in steelmaking
open-hearth furnace technology
regenerative heat recovery
languageSpoken English
German
memberOf Institution of Civil Engineers
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Royal Society
nativeName Carl Wilhelm Siemens
notableIdea regenerative furnace principle
notableWork Siemens-Martin process
regenerative furnace
occupation engineer
industrialist
inventor
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Hanover
Lenthe
placeOfDeath London
United Kingdom
positionHeld head of Siemens Brothers in London
residence London
United Kingdom
sibling Hans Siemens
Werner von Siemens
William Siemens

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Carl Wilhelm Siemens ("William Siemens")
Werner von Siemens ("Wilhelm von Siemens")
sibling
Pierre-Émile Martin
collaboratedWith
open-hearth process
developedBy
Carl Wilhelm Siemens ("Charles William Siemens")
fullName
Carl Wilhelm Siemens
nativeName

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