William Cockerill
British entrepreneur · France · On the map · Founders · Lived 1759 to 1832 · aged 72
William Cockerill (1759-1832) was an English 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.
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He is widely considered to have been instrumental in spreading the Industrial Revolution in Continental Europe.
