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| honorific_prefix = | name = Magnus Volk | honorific_suffix = | image = File:Magnus Volk (Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove, copyright BY-SA).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Magnus Volk, copyright Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove. | native_name = | native_name_lang = | nationality = British | citizenship = | birth_name = | birth_date = 19th October 1851 | birth_place = Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom | death_date = 20th May 1937 | death_place = Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom | resting_place = St. Wulfran's Church, Ovingdean, Sussex | resting_place_coordinates = | education = | spouse = Anna Volk (Banfield) | parents = Magnus Volk, Sarah Volk (Maynard) | children = Magnus Herman Volk, George Herbert Volk, Cecil Volk, Gordon Volk, Edgar Volk, Conrad Volk, Muriel May Volk | module = {{Infobox engineering career | discipline = Electrical, Mechanical | institutions = Imperial Institute | practice_name = | employer = | significant_projects = Volk's Electric Railway, Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway | significant_design = | significant_advance = | significant_awards = Order of Osmali }} | signature = | signature_alt = }} Magnus Volk (1851–1937) was a British inventor and pioneering electrical engineer. He is most notable for having built Volk's Electric Railway, the world's oldest extant electric railway.[1] CareerAside 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.[5] Personal LifeMagnus 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.[6] His Great Grandson is the musician Joe Volk. Magnus Volk died in Brighton on 20 May 1937, and is buried at St Wulfran's churchyard in Ovingdean near Brighton.[7] References1. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Jackson|first1=Alan|title=Volk's Railways Brighton|date=1993|publisher=Plateway Press|isbn=1 871980 18 6}} 2. ^See Lee, Charles E., "Magnus Volk and His Railways," The Railway Magazine (UK), April 1942, at 116-17. 3. ^Georgano, G.N. Cars: Early and Vintage, 1886-1930. (London: Grange-Universal, 1985). 4. ^Volk, Conrad. Magnus Volk of Brighton. (London: Phillimore, 1971). 5. ^Volk, Conrad. Magnus Volk of Brighton. (London: Phillimore, 1971). 6. ^Volk, Conrad. Magnus Volk of Brighton. (London: Phillimore, 1971). 7. ^{{cite book |last=Dale |first=Antony |title=Brighton Churches |year=1989 |publisher=Routledge |location=London EC4 |isbn=0-415-00863-8 |page=207 }} Bibliography
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