William Cockerill

William Cockerill (1759–1832) was a British inventor, entrepreneur, and industrialist. Designing and producing machines for new industrial textile manufacturing, he is best known for having established a major manufacturing firm in what is now Liège Province of modern-day Belgium. He is widely considered to have been instrumental in spreading the Industrial Revolution in Continental Europe

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General Info

Male

Date of Birth

March 27th, 1759

Age

266

Birth Place

United Kingdom, England

Date of Death

January 1st, 1832

Died Aged