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Charles Proteus Steinmetz (born Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz; April 9, 1865 – October 26, 1923) was an American mathematician and electrical engineer and professor at Union College. He fostered the development of alternating current that made possible the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States, formulating mathematical ...
The German–American scientist Carl August Rudolph Steinmetz, who had several physical disabilities, changed his name to Charles Proteus Steinmetz. This name reflected his identification with a figure that could easily alter its outward form.
I can see "Carl" being Americanized to "Charles", but how did he get the middle name "Proteus". That would be an interesting addition to the article.—Quicksilver T @ 21:51, 20 April 2010 (UTC) After immigrating to the United Stated in 1888, Carl August Rudolph Steinmetz Americanized his name to Charles Proteus Steinmetz.
In 1908, Steinmetz became an employee in Helmuth Grisebach's architectural office in Berlin. Since 1912 at the latest, he was co-owner of the joint office Grisebach and Steinmetz. [1] After 1918, he worked as a self-employed architect in Berlin, where he had an architectural office in Charlottenburg. From 1925 to 1936, he was a member of the ...
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He was the son of Pasquale Spilotro, Sr. (1899–1954), a restaurant owner, and his wife, Antoinette. Michael had five brothers, Vincent, Victor , Pasquale " Pat " Jr., Tony and John. He attended Burbank Elementary School in Austin, Chicago , and entered Charles P. Steinmetz Academic Centre in 1953 with his brothers Victor, Vincent, Anthony and ...
That family business started in 1954, when former vaudevillian entertainer O'Kelly Isley Sr. and his wife, church pianist Sallye Bernice, assembled their children Rudolph, O'Kelly Jr., Ronald and ...
Carl August von Steinheil (12 October 1801 ... His great granddaughter Elsbeth Steinheil, through his son Hugo Adolph, and grandson Rudolf (1865-1930), ...