Magnus Volk | |
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![]() Magnus Volk, copyright Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove. | |
Born | 19 October 1851 Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom |
Died | 20 May 1937 Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom | (aged 85)
Resting place | St. Wulfran's Church, Ovingdean, Sussex |
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Anna Volk (Banfield) |
Children |
Magnus Herman Volk, George Herbert Volk, Cecil Volk, Gordon Volk, Edgar Volk, Conrad Volk, Muriel May Volk |
Parent(s) | Magnus Volk, Sarah Volk (Maynard) |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Electrical, Mechanical |
Institutions | Imperial Institute |
Projects |
Volk's Electric Railway, Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway |
Awards | Order of Osmali |
Magnus Volk FII (1851–1937) was a British-German inventor and pioneering electrical engineer.
He is most notable for having built Volk's Electric Railway, the world's oldest operating electric railway. [1]
Aside from the Volk's Electric Railway, he also built the unique but short-lived Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway, together with its unusual Daddy Long Legs vehicle. [2] He also built another short-lived line, similar to the VER, in the pleasure grounds at Aston Hall, Birmingham. [1]
In 1887 he attracted attention in Brighton by building a three-wheeled electric carriage powered by an Immisch motor. In 1888 he built another electric car, this time a four-wheeled carriage which was made to the order of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, [3] for which he was awarded an Order of Osmali, presented to Magnus by the Sultan in person whilst in Constantinople. [4]
Other projects of Magnus included inventing a fire-alarm system, early successful attempts at electricity in the home, telecommunications and installing electricity to the Royal Pavilion for the first time. [4]
Magnus Volk was the son of a German clockmaker and was born on 19 October 1851 in Brighton. He lived at 38 Dyke Road in Brighton. On 8 April 1879, he married Anna Banfield in Burgess Hill. George Herbert Volk, his second son, is noted as a pioneer builder of seaplanes, whilst another son, Conrad Volk, wrote a biography of his father. [4] His descendants include the musician Joe Volk and the journalist Scott Campbell. [5]
Magnus Volk died in Brighton on 20 May 1937, and is buried at St Wulfran's churchyard in Ovingdean near Brighton. [6]
Magnus Volk | |
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![]() Magnus Volk, copyright Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove. | |
Born | 19 October 1851 Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom |
Died | 20 May 1937 Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom | (aged 85)
Resting place | St. Wulfran's Church, Ovingdean, Sussex |
Nationality | British |
Spouse | Anna Volk (Banfield) |
Children |
Magnus Herman Volk, George Herbert Volk, Cecil Volk, Gordon Volk, Edgar Volk, Conrad Volk, Muriel May Volk |
Parent(s) | Magnus Volk, Sarah Volk (Maynard) |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Electrical, Mechanical |
Institutions | Imperial Institute |
Projects |
Volk's Electric Railway, Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway |
Awards | Order of Osmali |
Magnus Volk FII (1851–1937) was a British-German inventor and pioneering electrical engineer.
He is most notable for having built Volk's Electric Railway, the world's oldest operating electric railway. [1]
Aside from the Volk's Electric Railway, he also built the unique but short-lived Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway, together with its unusual Daddy Long Legs vehicle. [2] He also built another short-lived line, similar to the VER, in the pleasure grounds at Aston Hall, Birmingham. [1]
In 1887 he attracted attention in Brighton by building a three-wheeled electric carriage powered by an Immisch motor. In 1888 he built another electric car, this time a four-wheeled carriage which was made to the order of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, [3] for which he was awarded an Order of Osmali, presented to Magnus by the Sultan in person whilst in Constantinople. [4]
Other projects of Magnus included inventing a fire-alarm system, early successful attempts at electricity in the home, telecommunications and installing electricity to the Royal Pavilion for the first time. [4]
Magnus Volk was the son of a German clockmaker and was born on 19 October 1851 in Brighton. He lived at 38 Dyke Road in Brighton. On 8 April 1879, he married Anna Banfield in Burgess Hill. George Herbert Volk, his second son, is noted as a pioneer builder of seaplanes, whilst another son, Conrad Volk, wrote a biography of his father. [4] His descendants include the musician Joe Volk and the journalist Scott Campbell. [5]
Magnus Volk died in Brighton on 20 May 1937, and is buried at St Wulfran's churchyard in Ovingdean near Brighton. [6]