William Buckels
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Lived 1299 to 1400 · aged 101
Fame43.5
Momentum7.0
Languages8
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William Buckels, also known as Willem Beuckel, Willem Beuckelsz or William Buckelsson, and sometimes Willem Beuckelszoon by the Dutch, was a 14th-century fisherman from Biervliet, Zeeland, whose discovery of gibbing, a preservation process for herring, led to the Dutch becoming a maritime power.
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1821 lithograph copy by Hilmar Johannes Backer of a stained glass church window in Biervliet depicting Buckels at his pastime![Article on Buckels appearing at page 4 of the September 9, 1886 edition of The Pall Mall Budget (no. 937, vol. XXXIV) commemorating the fifth centenary of his invention[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Pall_Mall_Budget_article_on_William_Buckels.png/330px-Pall_Mall_Budget_article_on_William_Buckels.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Article on Buckels appearing at page 4 of the September 9, 1886 edition of The Pall Mall Budget (no. 937, vol. XXXIV) commemorating the fifth centenary of his invention[1]
The Dutch Herring Fleet (c. 1656 to 1730), by Pieter VogelaerAbout this person
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1299 to 1400 · aged 101
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8 languages
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