Editing Werner von Siemens (section)

===Middle years===
After finishing school, Siemens intended to study at the [[Bauakademie]] Berlin.<ref>Werner von Siemens. "Inventor and entrepreneur : recollections of Werner von Siemens". London, England, 1966.</ref> However, since his family was highly indebted and thus could not afford to pay the tuition fees, he chose to join the [[Prussian Military Academy]]'s School of Artillery and Engineering, between the years 1835–1838, instead, where he received his officers training.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hnf.de/en/permanent-exhibition/exhibition-areas/galerie-der-pioniere/werner-von-siemens-1816-1892.html|title=HNF - Werner von Siemens (1816-1892)|website=www.hnf.de}}</ref> Siemens was thought of as a good soldier, receiving various medals{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}, and contributing to the invention of electrically-charged [[sea mine]]s, which were used to combat a Danish blockade of [[Kiel]] during the [[First Schleswig War]].<ref>{{cite web |title=L I F E L I N E S - Werner von Siemens |url=https://assets.new.siemens.com/siemens/assets/api/uuid:79526895df552002ded8cf62384d6c72f155d7e4/2016-lifelines-werner-von-siemens-web.pdf |website=siemens.com |publisher=Siemens Historical Institute, L I F E L I N E S – Volume 5 |access-date=25 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Werner Siemens' battle for Friedrichsort Fortress in 1848 |url=https://www.burgerbe.de/2014/11/02/siemens-kampf-um-die-festung-friedrichsort/ |website=Burgerbe.de |date=2 November 2014 |access-date=25 January 2023}}</ref>

Upon returning home from war, he chose to work on perfecting technologies that had already been established and eventually became known worldwide for his advances in various technologies. In 1843 he sold the rights to his first invention to [[Elkington of Birmingham]].<ref>Schwartz & McGuinness ''Einstein for Beginners'' Icon Books 1992</ref> Siemens invented a [[Telegraphy|telegraph]] that used a needle to point to the right letter, instead of using [[Morse code]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://new.siemens.com/global/en/company/about/history/news/courage-and-ingenuity.html|title=Courage and ingenuity – Siemens' success story begins with the pointer telegraph|website=Siemens Historical Institute|language=en|access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref> Based on this invention, he founded the company ''[[Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske]]'' on 1 October 1847, with the company opening a workshop on 12 October.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://new.siemens.com/global/en/company/about/history/news/the-year-is-1847.html|title=The year is 1847|website=Siemens Historical Institute|language=en|access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>

The company was internationalised soon after its founding. One brother of Werner represented him in England ([[Carl Wilhelm Siemens|Sir William Siemens]]) and another in [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]], [[Russia]] ([[Carl Heinrich von Siemens|Carl von Siemens]]), each earning recognition.  Following his industrial career, he was ennobled in 1888, becoming Werner von Siemens. He retired from his company in 1890 and died in 1892 in Berlin.{{cn|date=October 2020}}

The company, reorganized as [[Siemens & Halske]], [[Siemens-Schuckertwerke]] and – since 1966 – [[Siemens]] was later led by his brother Carl, his sons [[Arnold von Siemens|Arnold]], [[Georg Wilhelm von Siemens|Wilhelm]], and [[Carl Friedrich von Siemens|Carl Friedrich]], his grandsons [[Hermann von Siemens|Hermann]] and [[Ernst von Siemens|Ernst]] and his great-grandson [[Peter von Siemens]]. Siemens AG is one of the largest electrotechnological firms in the world. The von Siemens family still owns 6% of the company shares (as of 2013) and holds a seat on the supervisory board, being the largest shareholder.{{cn|date=October 2020}}