Siemens

Sir Charles, the engineer, was bom at Hanover in 1823, educated at the gymnasium at Lubeck, the polytechnic school at Magdeburg, and the University of GdJttingen. He came to London in 1843, and, with his brother, established in 1858 the great works of Siemens brothers at Charlton, West Woolwich, for the manufacture of submarine electric telegraph cables, and in 1868 the steel works at Landon, Swansea. He won reputation for his applications both of heat and of electricity. He was knighted in April, 1883, and died the November following.