- Lieven Bauwens
Lieven Bauwens (b.
June 14 1769 ,Ghent – d.March 17 1822 ,Paris ) was aBelgian industrial spy who was sent toGreat Britain at a young age and brought aspinning 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 theLegion d'Honneur .He is remembered in
Flanders for bringing the textile industry, and thereby theIndustrial Revolution , there.The spinning mule that was brought to Ghent can still be visited, in the ( [http://www.miat.gent.be] ) Museum for Industrial Archeology and Textile (MIAT).
External links
* [http://www.miat.gent.be Museum for Industrial Archeology and Textile]
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