Carl Wilhelm Siemens

Sir Charles William Siemens
Sir Charles William Siemens
	Carl Wilhelm Siemens
Born	4 April 1823; Lenthe, Kingdom of Hanover; (now Gehrden, Lower Saxony)
Died	19 November 1883 (aged 60); London
Occupations	Electrical engineer, businessman
Known for	Siemens cycle; Siemens-Martin process; Regenerative cooling; Resistance thermometer; Underground coal gasification;
Spouse	Anne Gordon
Relatives	Ernst Werner von Siemens; Carl Heinrich von Siemens; Alexander Siemens;
Awards	Bessemer Gold Medal (1875); Albert Medal (1874); Bakerian Medal (1871); FRS (1862);

Sir Carl Wilhelm Siemens FRS FRSA (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. Nationality: British, German. He had siblings: Carl Heinrich von Siemens, Werner von Siemens, and his parents were Christian Ferdinand Siemens and Eleonore Deichmann. 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.