Everything about Lieven Bauwens totally explained
Lieven Bauwens (b.
June 14 1769,
Ghent – d.
March 17 1822,
Paris) was a
Belgian 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.
He is remembered in
Flanders for bringing the textile industry, and thereby the
Industrial Revolution, there.
The spinning mule that was brought to Ghent can still be visited, in the (
(External Link
)) Museum for Industrial Archeology and Textile (MIAT).
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