Magnus Volk

Magnus Volk
Magnus Volk, copyright Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove.
Born19 October 1851
Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom
Died20 May 1937(1937-05-20) (aged 85)
Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom
Resting placeSt. Wulfran's Church, Ovingdean, Sussex
NationalityBritish
SpouseAnna Volk (Banfield)
ChildrenMagnus 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
DisciplineElectrical, Mechanical
InstitutionsImperial Institute
ProjectsVolk's Electric Railway,
Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway
AwardsOrder 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]

  1. ^ Jackson, Alan (1993). Volk's Railways Brighton. Plateway Press. ISBN 1-871980-18-6.