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See also:COCKERILL, See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
WILLIAM (1759-1832) , Anglo-See also:French inventor and machinist, was See also:born in See also:England in 1759. He went to See also:Belgium as a See also:simple mechanic, and in 1799 constructed at See also:Verviers the first See also:wool-See also:carding and wool-See also:spinning See also:machines on the See also:continent. In 1807 he established a large See also:machine workshop at See also:Liege. Orders soon poured in on him from all over See also:Europe, and he amassed a large See also:fortune. In 18'o he was granted the rights of See also:naturalization by See also:Napoleon I., and in 1812 handed over the management of his business to his youngest son, See also:JOHN COCKERILL (179o-184o).
Thanks to his own See also:energy and ability, aided by the See also:influence of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King William I. of the See also:Netherlands, John Cockerill largely extended his See also:father's business. King William secured him a site at See also:Seraing, where he built large See also:works, including an See also:iron-foundry and blast See also:furnace. The construction of the Belgian See also:railways in 1834 gave a See also:great impetus to these works, branches of which had already been opened in See also:France, See also:Germany and See also:Poland. In '838 Cockerill met with a See also:carriage See also:accident which nearly proved fatal, and the prospect of his loss resulted in the See also:credit of the See also:firm being so badly shaken that in '839 it was compelled to go into See also:liquidation, the liabilities being estimated at 26 millions of francs, the See also:assets at 18 millions. This See also:reverse, however, was only temporary. John Cockerill had practically concluded negotiations to construct the See also:Russian See also:government railways, when his constitution, undermined by overwork, See also:broke down. He died at See also:Warsaw on the 19th of See also: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.).
End of Article: COCKERILL, WILLIAM (1759-1832)
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