Lieven Bauwens
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Lieven Bauwens statue in Ghent
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.
The spinning mule that was brought to Ghent can still be visited, in the .[1]
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- ^ "In de Kijker | Industrial Museum-". Museum of Industry. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
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- 1769 births
- 1822 deaths
- 19th-century Belgian engineers
- Belgian expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Businesspeople from Ghent
- People of the Industrial Revolution
- Textile workers
- Mayors of Ghent
- Belgian business biography stubs