Lieven Bauwens facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Lieven Bauwens
Born	14 June 1769
Died	March 17, 1822(1822-03-17) (aged 52)
Resting place	Père Lachaise Cemetery

Lieven Bauwens statue in Ghent

Lieven Bauwens and his Mule Jenny in the former MIAT. The mannequin was created after a painting by Félix Cogen in the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels.

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.

In 1801, Bauwens smuggled a spinning mule and steam engine out of Great Britain to help set up the textile industry in Flanders.

The spinning mule that was brought to Ghent can still be visited, in the Industrial Museum .

See also

• William Cockerill