William Cockerill | |
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Born | 1759 |
Died | 1832 (aged 73) |
Citizenship | British after 1810 French (Belgian) |
Occupation(s) | Inventor, machine maker, industrialist |
William Cockerill (1759–1832) was a British 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. He is widely considered to have been instrumental in spreading the Industrial Revolution in Continental Europe.