Robert Owen (1771-1858), Pioneer of practical socialism
Sitter in 7 portraits
A pioneer of practical socialism, he was first manager and then proprietor of the New Lanark mills near Glasgow. He built up the business and spent the remainder of his long life putting into effect his ideas on improved working conditions, housing and education, and promoting Utopian ventures. Owen believed that man's character was formed by his environment, as proposed in his New View of Society, 1813.
by Julian Leverotti, after a life-mask by James Deville
bronze medallion, 1858
NPG 602
by John Doyle, printed by Alfred Ducôte, published by Thomas McLean
lithograph, published 9 April 1840
NPG D41566
by Henry Thomas Ryall, after William Henry Brooke
stipple engraving, (1834)
NPG D39481
New Lanark Visitor Centre, Lanark, Scotland
Robert Owen Memorial Museum, Newtown, Powys, Wales
Category
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
Groups
Pioneers
Regency rebels, radicals and reformers
The Industrial Revolution
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Powys
South Lanarkshire
