Lieven Bauwens
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[[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]
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[[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]]
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