STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE: BIOGRAPHIES
History is always made by people. Of course, this also applies to the age of the industrial revolution. Industrial history is also not only told through architectural evidence such as mines, production plants or workers' settlements. Just as important are the people of both sexes: inventors, entrepreneurs, financiers and above all the workers.
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In the following, we present more than 270 biographies of selected personalities who have influenced the industrial history of Europe, their countries, regions, cities or a branch of industry ...
Jan Verbruggen was a foundryman through whom important machine tool techniques were transmitted from continental Europe to England where ...
Sir Cornelius Vermuyden (1595–1683)
Cornelius Vermuyden was one of the most talented of Dutch drainage and waterways engineers, and was responsible for transmitting the ...