Lieven Bauwens

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Lieven Bauwens
Born14 June 1769 Edit this on Wikidata
DiedMarch 17, 1822(1822-03-17) (aged 52)
Resting placePère Lachaise Cemetery Edit this on Wikidata
Lieven Bauwens statue in Ghent
Lieven Bauwens and his Mule Jenny in the former MIAT. The mannequin was created after a painting by Félix Cogen in the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels.

Lieven Bauwens (14 June 1769, in Ghent – 17 March 1822, in Paris) was a Belgian entrepreneur and industrial spy who was sent to Great Britain at a young age and brought a spinning mule and skilled workers to the European continent.

He started textile plants in Paris (1799) and Ghent (1800). In Ghent he was also mayor for one year. As a leading industrial, he was visited by Napoleon in 1810 and awarded the Legion d'Honneur.

In 1801, Bauwens smuggled a spinning mule and steam engine out of Great Britain to help set up the textile industry in Flanders.[1]: 22 

The spinning mule that was brought to Ghent can still be visited, in the Industrial Museum .[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gildea, Robert (2003). Barricades and Borders : Europe, 1800-1914 (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-925300-5. OCLC 51274676.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ^ "In de Kijker | Industrial Museum-". Museum of Industry. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

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