Quote of the day
I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it.
Werner von Siemens
Born: December 13, 1816
Died: December 6, 1892 (aged 75)
Bio: Ernst Werner Siemens was a German inventor and industrialist. Siemens’s name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the siemens. He was also the founder of the electrical and telecommunications company Siemens.
Known for:
- Personal recollections of Werner von Siemens
- Recollections
- Inventor and Entrepreneur: Recollections