Robert Owen

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Robert Owen was a Welsh social reformer and early socialist known for pioneering cooperative communities and advocating for improved labor and educational conditions during the Industrial Revolution.

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Robert Owen canonical 19

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instanceOf cooperative movement pioneer ⓘ
early socialist ⓘ
educational reformer ⓘ
industrialist ⓘ
philanthropist ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
utopian socialist ⓘ
advocated cooperative ownership of production ⓘ
improved working conditions for factory workers ⓘ
restriction of child labor in factories ⓘ
secular, rational education ⓘ
state-supported education ⓘ
birthDate 1771-05-14 ⓘ
birthPlace Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales ⓘ
linked to: Newtown, Powys
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
deathDate 1858-11-17 ⓘ
deathPlace Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales ⓘ
linked to: Newtown, Powys
describedIn Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
employer New Lanark Mills ⓘ
era Industrial Revolution ⓘ
fatherInLaw David Dale ⓘ
founded Institute for the Formation of Character at New Lanark ⓘ
New Harmony community ⓘ
hasPlaceOfBurial Old St Mary’s Churchyard, Newtown, Wales ⓘ
influenced cooperative societies in Britain ⓘ
development of socialist thought in the 19th century ⓘ
early British trade unionism ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of cooperative communities ⓘ
advocacy of universal education ⓘ
campaigning for factory reform ⓘ
founding experimental community at New Harmony, Indiana ⓘ
pioneering model industrial community at New Lanark ⓘ
promotion of an eight-hour working day ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement British socialism ⓘ
cooperative movement ⓘ
utopian socialism ⓘ
name Robert Owen ⓘ
notableWork New View of Society ⓘ
Report to the County of Lanark ⓘ
The Book of the New Moral World ⓘ
occupation mill manager ⓘ
textile manufacturer ⓘ
proposed planned communities to alleviate poverty ⓘ
villages of cooperation ⓘ
religiousView secularist ⓘ
spouse Caroline Dale ⓘ

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