Cornelis Lely, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Cornelis Lely

Dutch civil servant and politician

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1854

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 22-Jan-1929

Profession: engineer, politician, civil engineer

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Cornelis Lely (Dutch pronunciation: [k?r'ne?l?s 'le?li]; 23 September 1854 – 22 January 1929) was a Dutch politician of the Liberal Union (LU) 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.