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William Cockerill
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1759 – 1832
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Who was William Cockerill?
William Cockerill was a British entrepreneur who created a textile machine manufacturing business in Verviers and Liège, Belgium.
He was instrumental in founding the industrial spinning industry in continental Europe.
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