John Cockerill (* 3 August 1790 in Haslington; "† 19 June 1840 in Warsaw) was a British Industrieller.

Cockerills father William Cockerill emigrierte already 1797 after Verviers, there developed it spin machines. 1802 followed John Cockerill and worked in the paternal Manufaktur.

1807 independent it made itself with its brother James in From there it developed an enterprise, which in the work in the local part Seraing 1816 found its provisional high point. The investments amounted to 17 million of French francs.

There were beside blast furnaces, a stealing and rolling mill also one engine works, two hard coal pits, an ore pit and a boiler kesselschmiede. 2500 persons were employed there. The enterprise was one of the first manufacturers of steam engines on the European continent.

James Cockerill sold its portions of 1825 to the king of Holland. By the revolution 1830 the work was shut down first, began however 1833 to become with John Cockerill as an exclusive owner, the central point of the Belgian industry.

Cockerill removed its enterprises to a company. At altogether 60 locations, many of it outside of Belgium, were operated on calculation Cockerills of coal works and ironworks, spinning mills, cloth factories, and other one. The most important thing became the Belgian Montanunternehmen S.A. Cockerill , which firmierte later under Cockerill Sambre. This enterprise was integrated 1998 into the French Usinor, which came up 2002 in the Arcelor company.

He was also joint founder of the Belgian bank. By political tensions this bank came 1838 into an economic inclination, when the confidence shrank into the enterprises Cockerills. The bank placed its payments to 1839 and over the Cockerill fortune a Liquidationsverfahren was opened. On 12 April 1839 a balance with 26 million francs active against 18 million francs liabilities was published. As an authorized person Cockerill determined his brother-in-law, the minister of Aachen and Piercot. He should sell the possession gradually, in order to erase so the debts.

Cockerill made itself on the way to Russia, in order to begin there again, however already 1840 on the journey died there.

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