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Cornelis Lely

1854 - 1929

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Cornelis Lely (Dutch pronunciation: [kɔrˈneːlɪs ˈleːli]; 23 September 1854 – 22 January 1929) was a Dutch politician of the Liberal Union and civil engineer. He oversaw the passage of an act of parliament authorising construction of the Zuiderzee Works, a huge project – designed to his own plans – that turned the Zuiderzee into a lake and made possible the conversion of a vast area of former seabed into dry land. Lelystad, the capital of the province of Flevoland, is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cornelis Lely is the 11,962nd most popular politician (up from 12,499th in 2019), the 543rd most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 598th in 2019) and the 87th most popular Dutch Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Cornelis Lely ranks 11,962 out of 19,576. Before him are Lee Hoi-chang, Sitt al-Mulk, Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana, Fernando Tambroni, Puzur-Inshushinak, and Bebiankh. After him are Gudit, Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus, Cristóbal Mendoza, Len Blavatnik, Francesco Molin, and Lucius Caecilius Metellus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Cornelis Lely ranks 72. Before him are John Kemp Starley, Georges Vacher de Lapouge, Jules Gilliéron, Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, Sergei Korsakoff, and Heinrich Kreutz. After him are Hermann von Stein, Petros Protopapadakis, Ruth Belville, Alexandru Macedonski, Ludwig von Pastor, and Giovanni Battista Grassi. Among people deceased in 1929, Cornelis Lely ranks 84. Before him are P. J. Kennedy, Ernest Monis, Segundo de Chomón, Emilie Snethlage, Gustave Schlumberger, and Wilhelm von Bode. After him are Lilli Lehmann, Gunnar Heiberg, Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, Pierre Fatou, Ernest Mason Satow, and Paul Leni.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Cornelis Lely ranks 543 out of 1,646. Before him are Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (1472), Willem Schermerhorn (1894), Wilhem de Haan (1801), Pierre van Hooijdonk (1969), Jan de Vries (1890), and Jan Mostaert (1475). After him are Arnold Mühren (1951), Otto Marseus van Schrieck (1619), Jan van Bijlert (1597), Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792), Walter Lewin (1936), and Ard Schenk (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Netherlands

Among politicians born in Netherlands, Cornelis Lely ranks 87. Before him are Jan Gies (1905), Louis Beel (1902), Victor Marijnen (1917), Hendrikus Colijn (1869), Henry Casimir I of Nassau-Dietz (1612), and Willem Schermerhorn (1894). After him are Pieter van Vollenhoven (1939), Jan de Quay (1901), Max van der Stoel (1924), Wilhelm Heinrich, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1691), Jo Cals (1914), and Gerrit Schimmelpenninck (1794).

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