William Cockerill
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title:
William Cockerill
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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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British inventor who spread Industrial Revolution
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cockerill
date created:
2005-01-23T07:48:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T13:04:32Z
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