John Holker is an early example of the significance of political refugees in the transfer industrial expertise between countries. He left ...
Franciscus Quirien den Hollander (1893–1982)
Franciscus Quirien den Hollander was a railway manager, notable in the Netherlands as the man who directed the re-building of the railway ...
Archibald Hood was one of the mining engineers who transformed the coal industry in Europe in the course of the 19th century. He was born ...
Sir Ebenezer Howard (1850–1928)
Ebenezer Howard was a major figure in the history of town planning, recognised internationally for inspiring the ‘garden city’ movement. ...
Kenneth Hudson was one of the pioneers of the study of industrial heritage, not only in his native England but across most of Europe. He ...
John Hughes was a Welshman who gave his name to one of Europe’s largest heavy industrial complexes. He was born at Merthyr Tydfil where ...
Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752–1834)
The Jacquard loom was an invention from the beginning of the nineteenth century that came to be known world-wide. By using punched cards ...
Peter Jebsen was born at Broager in the Duchy of Schleswig in present-day Denmark, but after gaining experience in several countries ...
Alojzy Juhlke was one of many millions of East Europeans whose lives were changed utterly by the Second World War. He was born at Tuchola ...
The brilliant inventor John Kay was one of the most significant figures of the early Industrial Revolution. His invention of the flying ...
Alexander Keiller was born in Dundee, Scotland, to the family who successfully established the Keiller brand of marmalade, but he achieved ...
Ludwig Knoop was one of the most successful entrepreneurs in nineteenth-century Europe. He worked in several countries but especially in ...
The records of the Krupp family in the Rhineland date from 1587, and by the early 19th century their possessions included a forge in Essen ...
Paul La Cour was a pioneer in the application of wind-power, a sphere in which Denmark has led Europe in the twentieth- and twenty-first ...
The German engineering manufacturer Heinrich Lanz created under his own name a brand of agricultural machinery and steam engines that ...
Carl Gustaf Patrick de Laval (1845–1913)
Laval was a Swedish engineer whose innovations profoundly influenced the growth of the dairy industry and the development of steam ...