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Robert Owen (/ ˈ oʊ ɪ n /; 14 May 1771 – 17 November 1858) was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist and social reformer, and a founder of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement. He strove to improve factory working conditions, promoted experimental socialistic communities, and sought a more collective approach to child ...

After 1834 Owen devoted himself to preaching his ideas on education, morality, rationalism, and marriage reform. At the age of 82 he became a spiritualist. Owen’s autobiography, The Life of Robert Owen, was published in two volumes in 1857–58 (reprinted 1971). Douglas F. Dowd The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Robert Owen was born in Wales on May 14, 1771. His father was the postmaster, and he was the sixth of seven children. At ten he became an apprentice. His employer had a large library, and Owen...

Robert Owen, Father of British Socialism by Terry MacEwen Robert Owen was born on 14th May 1771 in Newtown in Wales, although his career and aspirations would take him as far away as America. He was the sixth of seven children born to Robert Owen (Senior) who was an ironmonger, saddler and postmaster.

Robert Owen was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire (Wales) on May 14, 1771, the sixth of seven children. His father was a sadler and ironmonger who also served as local postmaster; his mother came from one of the prosperous farming families of Newtown. Owen attended the local school where he developed a strong passion for reading.

Robert Owen fue un teórico y activista por los derechos laborales y sociales. Es considerado padre del laborismo inglés y del cooperativismo. Defendió la cooperación y la fraternidad para reducir las desigualdades sociales, frente a la revolución y la lucha de clases.

Robert Owen. (Newton, Gales, 1771 - 1858) Pensador y activista del primer socialismo británico. Hijo de un modesto artesano, tuvo una formación autodidacta y prosperó como empresario de la industria del algodón. En 1799 compró junto con otros socios la fábrica textil de New Lanark (Escocia), de cuya dirección se ocupó en los años ...

Robert Owen (May 14, 1771, Newtown, Powys – November 17, 1858) was a Welsh utopian socialist and social reformer, whose attempts to reconstruct society widely influenced social experimentation and the cooperative movement. The innovative social and industrial reforms which he introduced at his New Lanark Mills during the early 1800s made it a ...