Who was Robert Owen? Mention his ideas about cooperatives.
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Robert Owen a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist and social reformer, was one founder of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement. He is known for efforts to improve factory working conditions for his workers and promote experimental socialistic communities.
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For other people named Robert Owen, see Robert Owen (disambiguation).
Robert Owen (/ˈoʊɪn/; 14 May 1771 – 17 November 1858), a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist and social reformer, was one founder of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement. He is known for efforts to improve factory working conditions for his workers and promote experimental socialistic communities. In the early 1800s, he became wealthy as an investor and eventual manager of a large textile mill at New Lanark, Scotland. He had initially trained as a draper in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and worked in London before relocating aged 18 to Manchester and becoming a textile manufacturer. In 1824, Owen travelled to America and invested most of his fortune in an experimental socialistic community at New Harmony, Indiana, a preliminary model for Owen's Utopian society. It lasted about two years; other Owenite Utopian communities met similar fates. In 1828, Owen returned to settle in London, where he continued to champion the working class, led the development of cooperatives and the trade union movement, and supported the passage of child labour laws and free co-educational schools.
Robert Owen
Robert Owen by William Henry Brooke.jpg
Owen, aged about 50,
by William Henry Brooke
Born
14 May 1771
Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales
Died
17 November 1858 (aged 87)
Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales
Occupation
co-operator; social reformer, textile mill co-owner; philanthropic capitalist
Spouse(s)
Ann (or Anne) Caroline Dale
Children
Jackson Dale (b. 1799)
Robert Dale (b. 1801)
William (b. 1802)
Ann (or Anne) Caroline (b. 1805)
Jane Dale (b. 1805)
David Dale (b. 1807)
Richard Dale (b. 1809)
Mary (b. 1810)
Parent(s)
Robert Owen and Anne (Williams) Owen[1]
Early life and education
Marriage and family
New Lanark mill
Philosophy and influence
Community experiments
Return to Britain
Role in spiritualism
Later years
Death and legacy
Honours and tributes
Selected published works
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Further reading
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