Cornelius Vermuyden
Sir Cornelius Vermuyden (1595 – 11 October 1677) was a Dutch engineer who introduced Dutch land reclamation methods to England.
Cornelius Vermuyden | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1595 Haestinge, Zeeland, Dutch Republic (now Sint-Maartensdijk, Tholen, Netherlands) |
| Died | 16 October 1677 (aged 81–82) London, England, U.K. |
| Citizenship | Dutch Republic, United Kingdom (1633–1677) |
Vermuyden was commissioned by the Crown to drain Hatfield Chase in the Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire.
In the 1650s, he directed major projects to drain The Fens of East Anglia, introducing the innovation of constructing washes, to allow periodic flooding of the area by excess waters.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.