Cornelius Vermuyden
Cornelius Vermuyden | |
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| Born | 1595 |
| Died | 11 October 1677 (aged 81–82) |
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Sir Cornelius Vermuyden (Dutch pronunciation: [kɔrˈneːlijəs fərˈmœydə(n)], fer-MY-dun; also spelled Vermuijden; 1595 – 11 October 1677) was a Dutch engineer who introduced Dutch land reclamation methods to England.
Vermuyden was commissioned by the Crown to drain Hatfield Chase in the Isle of Axholme, Lincolnshire.
In the 1650s, he directed major projects to drain The Fens of East Anglia, introducing the innovation of constructing washes, to allow periodic flooding of the area by excess waters.