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COCKERILL, WILLIAM (1759-1832)

This article appears in Volume V06, Page 625 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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COCKERILL, WILLIAM (1759-1832) , Anglo-French inventor and machinist, was born in England in 1759. He went to Belgium as a simple mechanic, and in 1799 constructed at Verviers the first wool-
carding
  and wool-spinning machines on the continent. In 1807 he established a large
machine
  workshop at Liege. Orders soon poured in on him from all over Europe, and he amassed a large fortune. In 18'o he was granted the rights of naturalization by
Napoleon
  I., and in 1812 handed over the management of his business to his youngest son, JOHN
COCKERILL
  (179o-184o).
Thanks to his own energy and ability, aided by the influence of King William I. of the
Netherlands
 , John
Cockerill
  largely extended his father's business. King William secured him a site at Seraing, where he built large works, including an iron-foundry and blast furnace. The construction of the Belgian railways in 1834 gave a
great
  impetus to these works, branches of which had already been opened in France, Germany and Poland. In '838 Cockerill met with a carriage accident which nearly proved fatal, and the prospect of his loss resulted in the credit of the firm being so badly shaken that in '839 it was compelled to go into liquidation, the liabilities being estimated at 26 millions of francs, the assets at 18 millions. This
reverse
 , however, was only temporary. John Cockerill had practically concluded negotiations to construct the
Russian
  government railways, when his constitution, undermined by overwork, broke down. He died at
Warsaw
  on the 19th of June 1840. The iron works, among the largest in Europe, are still carried on under the name of La Societe Cockerill at Seraing (q.v.).


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