Georg Wilhelm von Siemens
Georg Wilhelm von Siemens (30 July 1855, Berlin – 14 October 1919, Arosa, Switzerland) was a German telecommunications industrialist.
Known as Wilhelm von Siemens, he was the son of Werner von Siemens by first wife Mathilde Duman and was a general partner of Siemens AG.
Married in 1882 to Eleonore Siemens (2 March 1860 - 26 July 1919), and were the parents of:
- Wilhelm Ferdinand von Siemens (born 1885)
- Mathilde Eleonore Eveline von Siemens (born 1888)
He is credited with championing the Berlin to Iraq railway system that was to be completed about 1915. The direct competition such a railway system posed to British imperial domination could have been one of the causes of WW I.
References
- August Rotth: Wilhelm von Siemens. Ein Lebensbild. Gedenkblätter zum 75jährigen Bestehen des Hauses Siemens & Halske. Berlin und Leipzig, 1922.
- Herbert Goetzler, Lothar Schoen: Wilhelm und Carl Friedrich von Siemens. Die zweite Unternehmergeneration. (hrsg. von Wilhelm Treueund Hans Pohl im Auftrag der Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte) Stuttgart, 1986.
- Wilhelm von Siemens. - in: Wilfried Feldenkirchen / Eberhard Posner: The Siemens Entrepreneurs. Continuity and Change 1847–2005. Ten Portraits. Munich 2005, p. 58–83.
- Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Adelige Häuser B Band XIII. Seite 388, Band 73 der Gesamtreihe, C. A. Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1980, ISSN 0435-2408
- Neue Deutsche Biographie, Band 22, Seite 143
