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Single Biographies
History is always made by people. This, of course, equally holds true for the age of the Industrial Revolution.
Following we present a selection of personalities who influenced the European industrial history.
Carl Wilhelm (Sir Charles William) von
Siemens
(1823 - 83)
Carl Wilhelm Siemens invented many industrial processes and held some 113 patents. He was also a successful...
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Werner von
Siemens
(1816 - 92)
Siemens was the imaginative founder of an electrical company that came to be the largest in Germany,...
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Ernest
Solvay
(1838 - 1922)
Ernest Solvay’s innovations transformed the chemical industry throughout Europe, and were the starting...
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Margarete
Steiff
(1847 - 1909)
The life of Margarete Steiff is an heroic story of triumph over handicaps. It is also a significant part...
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Charles Theodoor
Stork
(1822 - 95)
Charles Stork set up an engineering works in Hengelo that transformed the economy of that small town...
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Thomas
Telford
(1757 - 1834)
Thomas Telford was one of the first civil engineers to gain an international reputation. He trained as...
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Sidney Gilchrist
Thomas
(1850 - 85)
Sidney Gilchrist Thomas was essentially an amateur scientist, and died young, but he was responsible...
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August
Thyssen
(1842 - 1926)
August Thyssen was one of the principal entrepreneurs in the iron and steel industry of the Ruhrgebiet,...
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Richard
Trevithick
(1771 - 1833)
Richard Trevithick made an enormous contribution to the development of steam power. He developed the...
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Jan
Verbruggen
(1712 - 81)
Jan Verbruggen was a foundryman through whom important machine tool techniques were transmitted from...
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Sir Cornelius
Vermuyden
(1595 - 1683)
Cornelius Vermuyden was one of the most talented of Dutch drainage and waterways engineers, and was responsible...
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James
Watt
(1736 - 1819)
James Watt was a genius of many talents who was at the heart of the technological and economic changes...
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