Life & Times of Magnus Volk

Brighton & Hove Meeting Centre

Magnus Volk is one of Brighton’s most famous residents.  He was the first person in England to describe himself as an “electrician” and one of the earliest electrical engineers in Victorian England.  A prolific inventor, and the designer of the oldest, and still operating, electric passenger railway in the world. Bill McNaught will tell his fascinating story and will also cover some aspects of life in Victorian Brighton.