Lieven Bauwens 4019406 220180534 2008-06-18T17:29:42Z Kyle the bot 3115531 robot Adding: [[fr:Lieven Bauwens]] [[Image:Lieven Bauwens statue in Ghent.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Lieven Bauwens statue in Ghent]] '''Lieven Bauwens''' (b. [[June 14]] [[1769]], [[Ghent]] – d. [[March 17]] [[1822]], [[Paris]]) was a [[Belgian]] [[espionage| 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 I of France|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 ([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] {{DEFAULTSORT:Bauwens, Lieven}} [[Category:1769 births]] [[Category:1822 deaths]] [[Category:Belgian engineers]] [[Category:Belgian expatriates in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Belgian businesspeople]] [[Category:People from Ghent]] [[Category:People of the Industrial Revolution]] [[Category:History of the textile industry]] {{Belgium-bio-stub}} [[fr:Lieven Bauwens]] [[nl:Lieven Bauwens]]