Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown


Charles Eugene Lancelot Brown founded Brown, Boveri & Cie — later ASEA Brown Boveri — with Walter Boveri. He was born in Winterthur, northern Switzerland, and was one of six children. His mother was Swiss and his father, the British engineer Charles Brown, was the founder of SLMSchweizerische Lokomotiv- und Maschinenfabrik.

Career

He attended the Engineering School of Winterthur. He worked at his father's factory and then became the director.