Magnus Volk (19 October 1851 in Brighton – 20 May 1937 in Brighton) was a British electrical engineer who built Volk's Electric Railway and the Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway. He was the son of a German clockmaker and lived at 38 Dyke Road in Brighton. In 1888, he built an electric car.
Magnus Volk had a son named Conrad who wrote a biography of his father.
Volk is buried at St Wulfran's churchyard in Ovingdean near Brighton.
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Date of birth:
- Oct 19, 1851
Date of death:
- May 20, 1937 (age 85 years)