John Cockerill (industrialist)

John Cockerill (3 August 1790 – 9 June 1840) was an English-born industrialist who became a prominent businessman in Belgium. Born at Haslingden, Lancashire, England, he was brought by his father (British entrepreneur William Cockerill) to the Liège region, where he continued the family tradition of building wool-processing machinery. He founded an ironworks named John Cockerill & Cie. (English: John Cockerill & Company).

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John Cockerill
Born3 August 1790
Haslingden, Lancs, England
Died9 June 1840 (1840-06-10) (aged 49)
Warsaw, Congress Poland
CitizenshipBritish, later Belgian
OccupationIndustrialist
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