Downloadable version of timeline with dates Late 1809 Formed new partnership after dispute over new schools. June 1812 Resigned as Manager after dispute over […]
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Overview of his life
“By my own experience and reflection I had ascertained that human nature is radically good, and is capable of being trained, educated and placed from birth in such manner, that […]
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A life in 300 words
Robert Owen, Britain’s first “Socialist”, was born in Newtown in 1771, over his father’s saddler’s shop in Broad Street. Robert was a bright and athletic child. At the age of […]
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Early life of Robert Owen
From ‘The Life of Robert Owen’, written by himself’ (1857) Recollections of my Early Life [1771 – 1786] 1 As it appears in the family great Bible, I was born […]
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About Robert Owen
Robert Owen was born in 1771. At age 10, he was sent to London to be apprenticed as a draper and by his early twenties he was a successful manager […]
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