Robert Owen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Robert Owen
Occupation	Activist
Date Of Birth	May 14, 1771(1771-05-14)
Age	253
Date Of Death	Nov 17, 1858 (87 age)
Birthplace	Wales
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Taurus

Robert Owen Biography

Robert Owen is one of the most popular and richest Activist who was born on May 14, 1771 in Wales, United Kingdom. Remembered as an architect of cooperativism and the utopian socialist movement, he established an experimental Indiana community known as New Harmony.

Though Owen’s early reforms were influenced by the work of utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, he more closely aligned himself with socialist ideals in the latter half of his career as a social activist.

The youngest of seven children, he grew up in Wales and later lived and worked in Scotland and America. His marriage to Caroline Dale resulted in surviving children named Robert, William, Anne, Jane, David, Richard, and Mary.

Robert Owen Net Worth

Robert Owen is one of the richest Activist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Robert Owen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Before beginning his utopian ventures in America, he operated Scotland’s New Lanark mill and instituted significant social reforms in relation to worker compensation, work hours, and childcare.

In his eighties, Owen interacted with a medium named Maria B. Hayden and began his personal involvement in the nineteenth-century spiritualist movement.

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Who is Robert Owen Dating?

According to our records, Robert Owen married to Caroline Dale (m. 1799). As of December 1, 2023, Robert Owen’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Robert Ranked on the list of most popular Activist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Robert Owen celebrates birthday on May 14 of every year.

What is Robert Owen best known for?

If so, you might owe something to Robert Owen, a wealthy industrialist who was born in Wales on May 14, 1771. Owen is widely credited with being the first person to advocate for a universal “eight hours labor, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest” approach to work-life balance.

What is the theory of Robert Owen?

Owen believed his idea would be the best way to reorganise society in general , and called his vision the “New Moral World”. Owen’s utopian model changed little in his lifetime. His developed model envisaged an association of 500–3,000 people as the optimum for a working community.

Was Robert Owen a good man?

Owen was a firm advocate of the Enlightenment ideas of the time, being particularly interested in philosophy, morality and the natural state and goodness of man.

What did Robert Owen invent?

Robert Owen (1771-1858) was an early industrialist. He is perhaps best known for his model textile factory and village at New Lanark in Scotland. Conditions in early factories were extremely harsh, with very hazardous working conditions for all employees.

Who is the father of socialism?

Marx and Engels developed a body of ideas which they called scientific socialism, more commonly called Marxism.