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1595?-1683 Dutch-born English engineer responsible for a number of drainage and land reclamation projects. Vermuyden went to England in 1621 (he later became a naturalized citizen) to repair the Thames embankments. In 1626, he received a commission...
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Sir Cornelius Vermuyden (born Tholen, Netherlands, 1590; died London, October 1677 [1]) was a Dutch engineer who introduced Dutch reclamation methods to Britain, and made the first important attempts to drain The Fens of East...


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