Cornelis Lely

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Cornelis Lely was a Dutch civil engineer and statesman best known for designing and championing the Zuiderzee Works, the major land reclamation and flood protection project in the Netherlands.

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Cornelis Lely canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Dutch civil engineer
Dutch politician
civil engineer
human
politician
areaOfExpertise flood protection
polder design
countryOfBirth Netherlands NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Netherlands
designed Afsluitdijk concept
Zuiderzee Works NERFINISHED
educatedAt Delft University of Technology NERFINISHED
familyName Lely NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork civil engineering
hydraulic engineering
givenName Cornelis NERFINISHED
hasPartNamedAfter Lely pumping station NERFINISHED
Lelylaan (Amsterdam) NERFINISHED
Lelystad NERFINISHED
influenced Dutch water management policy
land reclamation in the Netherlands
knownFor Zuiderzee Works NERFINISHED
design of Zuiderzee Works
promotion of Zuiderzee Works
languageSpoken Dutch
legacy creation of new Dutch polders
transformation of Zuiderzee into IJsselmeer
name Cornelis Lely NERFINISHED
nationality Dutch
notableWork Afsluitdijk proposal
Zuiderzee Works plan NERFINISHED
occupation civil engineer
government minister
statesman
placeOfBirth Amsterdam NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath The Hague NERFINISHED
politicalActivity advocacy for Zuiderzee closure and reclamation
positionHeld Governor of Suriname
Minister of Public Works of the Netherlands NERFINISHED
Minister of Water Management of the Netherlands NERFINISHED
studied civil engineering
workLocation Netherlands NERFINISHED
Suriname NERFINISHED

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Cornelis hasNotableBearer Cornelis Lely
Cornelis Lelylaanbrug namedAfter Cornelis Lely
Station Lelylaan namedAfter Cornelis Lely
Afsluitdijk designedBy Cornelis Lely
Zuiderzee Works designedBy Cornelis Lely