Lieven Bauwens
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. He is remembered in Flanders for bringing the textile industry, and thereby the Industrial Revolution, there.
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Lieven Bauwens
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. He is remembered in Flanders for bringing the textile industry, and thereby the Industrial Revolution, there.
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Lieven Bauwens (14 June 1769, ...... can still be visited, in the .
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Lieven Bauwens (Gent, 14 juni ...... katoentechnologie naar Europa.
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Liévin Bauwens (Gand, 14 juin ...... ent à Paris à l’âge de 52 ans.
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Lieven Bauwens (14 June 1769, ...... Industrial Revolution, there.
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Lieven Bauwens (Gent, 14 juni ...... katoentechnologie naar Europa.
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Liévin Bauwens (Gand, 14 juin ...... jourd’hui, une gloire durable.
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