Lely, Cornelis
Studied at the Polytechnic School in Delft (degree c.i. 1975).
Minister of Water Management, Trade and Industry 1891-1894, 1897-1901, 1913-1918. During his last ministry the Zuiderzee Act was passed.
Lely the conqueror of the ZuiderzeeAn image of an academy : people and moments in the history of the Royal Institute and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences : 1808-1998Ruling and controlling : Rijkswaterstaat in the twentieth centuryThe Millennium top-40 : the immortal Dutchmen of the past thousand yearsConquer me that land : Lely & the south sea worksChanging space : maps of the Zuiderzee project and FlevolandLely : the conqueror of the ZuiderzeeWater wolves : a history of storm surges, levee builders and reclaimersLand from water50 years of afsluitdijk : a people alive building their future : 1932-1982Reshaping HollandThe south sea works since liberation.Land reclamation : in the former Zuyder Zee in the NetherlandsThe Zuyder Zee works : fifty years of toil described in five minutesLely : conqueror of the ZuiderzeeTime will tellFanatical fantasists : dreams of saving the world
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Lely, Cornelis
Studied at the Polytechnic School in Delft (degree c.i. 1975).
Minister of Water Management, Trade and Industry 1891-1894, 1897-1901, 1913-1918. During his last ministry the Zuiderzee Act was passed.
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1854-09-23
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1929-01-22
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