Hans Carsten
Dr. Hans Carsten ( -1953) of BICC
1953 Obituary [1]
We regret to learn of the death of Dr. Hans Carsten, Dr. Eng., M.I.E.E., F.Inst.P., who, for eleven years, had been consultant telecommunications engineer to British Insulated Callender's Cables, Ltd.
Dr. Carsten was a mathematician and physicist widely known for his work on telecommunications and cable measurement techniques. He received his technical training at Danzig University, where he was awarded the degree of Dr. Eng.
After a short period in the Telegraph Research Station of the German Post Office he joined the Central Laboratory of Siemens and Halske in 1922 and eight years later was transferred to the transmission cables sales department.
He left Germany before the war and joined British Insulated Callcnder's Cables, Ltd., in 1941.