Alexander Siemens
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| Born | 22 January 1847 Hanover, German Confederation |
| Died | 16 February 1928 (aged 81) Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire |
| Nationality | German and British |
| Education | University of Berlin |
| Spouse(s) | Louisa Dodwell |
| Children | Three daughters |
| Parent(s) | Gustav and Sophie Siemens |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Civil, Electrical, |
| Institutions |
Institution of Civil Engineers (president), Society of Telegraph Engineers and Electricians (founder member) |
| Practice name | Siemens Brothers |
| Projects | World's first public electricity supply (at Godalming) |
| Awards | Iron Cross |
Alexander Siemens (22 January 1847 – 16 February 1928) was a German electrical engineer.
Siemens was born in Hanover, then a kingdom within the German Confederation, to Gustav and Sophie Siemens of the Siemens family, an old family of Goslar which can be traced back to 1384. His father was a judge and a cousin of William Siemens the famous electrical engineer. He was educated in Hanover and moved to Woolwich, London in 1867 to work with at the Siemens Brothers factory. He returned to the German Confederation in 1868 to study at the University of Berlin, interrupting his studies there to lay telegraph cables in the Middle East. These cables were to form part of the Indo-European Telegraph and much of the work was undertaken by Siemens Brothers.
Upon the annexation of Hanover by Prussia in 1866 following the Austro-Prussian War Siemens became a Prussian citizen and liable to conscription. He was conscripted in 1870 as a private to fight in the Franco-Prussian War where he was wounded at the Battle of Beaune-la-Rolande. It was for his actions in this battle where Prussian forces won a decisive victory over the numerically superior French army that he was awarded the Iron Cross. After demobilization in 1871 he returned to the family business in Woolwich and assisted with the building of furnaces for use in steel foundries and crematoria.
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