Herr Werner von Siemens Dies Suddenly Berlin, July 28
One of ihe best known members of the Siemens family, Herr Werner von Siemens, a, grandson of the famous inventor and industrial pioneer of the same nams to whose initiative the—electrical—dynamó and many other epoch-making coveries was due, died her sud ly at the age of 52.
Like his grandfather, this Herr Werner von Siemens, born in 1885, studied engineering and entered, the firm in 1910, served during the war in the aeroplane building department and later in signal-making.
In 1919, he became a member of the Board of Directors of the Siemens-Halske Works. He was a great lover of music for which he had an exceptional talent and often appeared as conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Trans-Ocean.
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