Robert Owen

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Standard Name: Owen, Robert,, 1771 - 1858

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Education Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
They sometimes attended the local Westminster Infant School in Vincent Square, London, alongside ragged children.
Burton, Hester. Barbara Bodichon, 1827-1891. John Murray, 1949.
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Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985.
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The progressive school was a non-charity educational enterprise along Owenite lines initially funded by a committee...
Education Fredrika Bremer
After FB became a published author, in the early 1830s, she embarked on an ambitious programme of reading, drawing on books in several languages. Her English friend Frances Lewin helped her in studying James Mill
Friends, Associates Flora Tristan
In Paris, FT began to associate with socialists, including Charles Fourier and Robert Owen , and feminists, including Eugénie Niboyet and Anna Wheeler .
Cross, Máire, and Tim Gray. The Feminism of Flora Tristan. Berg, 1992.
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Grogan, Susan. Flora Tristan: Life Stories. Routledge, 1998.
223, 227-8
Friends, Associates Eliza Lynn Linton
People she met at the Laurences' house included Thornton Leigh Hunt (who, with his wife, lived at the Laurences'); Smith Williams , reader for Smith and Elder ; Robert Owen , socialist; Frank Stone ...
Friends, Associates Frances Wright
On her voyage back to Europe, FW had as companion Robert Owen 's son, Robert Dale Owen . During her stay in Europe, she made the acquaintance of Mary Shelley (who became a friend and...
Friends, Associates Anna Wheeler
AW failed in her attempt to arrange a meeting between Charles Fourier (whom she had met in Paris this year) and Robert Owen .
Kelly, Gary, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 158. Gale Research, 1996.
350
Intertextuality and Influence Ellen Johnston
Her work garnered considerable response, including many poems of praise and compliment which were printed alongside her own in her later collection. These ranged from a verse proposal of marriage to a poetic tribute asserting...
Literary responses Harriet Martineau
James Martineau published a scathing attack on the book in the Prospective Review under the title Mesmeric Atheism. He poured scorn on the authors for believing that one can legitimately reach the doctrines of...
politics Anna Wheeler
Once established in London by the mid 1820s, AW moved among the socialist intelligentsia, choosing as her associates Jeremy Bentham , whom she claimed to [adore] as a philosopher and [love] as a friend,
qtd. in
Kelly, Gary, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 158. Gale Research, 1996.
350
politics George Eliot
Mary Ann Evans (later GE ) sided with Robert Owen , John Bright , and their mutual friend Charles Bray , chairman of the local Anti-Corn Law League , in opposing the Corn Laws.
Karl, Frederick R. George Eliot: Voice of a Century. W.W. Norton, 1995.
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Reception Anna Wheeler
This letter was reportedly designed to be read publicly by Owen , after which he would give a counter-response.
Owen, Robert, 1771 - 1858, and Robert Dale Owen, editors. The Crisis, and National Co-operative Trades’ Union and Equitable Labour Exchange Gazette. J. Eamonson; B. D. Cousins.
II.24: 190
Residence Frances Wright
FW left Nashoba once more, this time for Robert Owen 's colony of New Harmony in Indiana.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Eckhardt, Celia Morris. Fanny Wright. Harvard University Press, 1984.
168
Textual Features Marion Reid
A Plea combines utilitarian, natural rights, and Owen ite socialist arguments.
qtd. in
McFadden, Margaret. Golden Cables of Sympathy. University of Kentucky Press, 1999.
110
In plain and simple terms MR outlines women's abject position in society, using the by-now familiar argument that the status of women is...
Textual Features Margaret Harkness
George, the protagonist, is born into the upper class but tries to become one of the people, working amongst the poor as a socialist. The novel is set in East End London against the London...
Textual Production Anna Wheeler
These letters are among the few identified examples of AW 's own prose. She addressed the first in the series To Robert Owen , Esq.
qtd. in
Owen, Robert, 1771 - 1858, and Robert Dale Owen, editors. The Crisis, and National Co-operative Trades’ Union and Equitable Labour Exchange Gazette. J. Eamonson; B. D. Cousins.
II.24: 190
in response to a speech given by Owen...

Timeline

14 May 1771: Robert Owen, socialist, was born at Newtown...

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14 May 1771

Robert Owen , socialist, was born at Newtown in Montgomeryshire (now Powys) in Wales.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
107

1810: The first Factory Act (a response mainly...

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1810

The first Factory Act (a response mainly to conditions of employment of young children) established the principle of the government's right to intervene in working conditions set by employers.
Burmester, James et al. English Books. James Burmester Rare Books, 1985–2024, Numbered catalogues.
44, 30

1813: Robert Owen published A New View of Soci...

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1813

Robert Owen published A New View of Society.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
727

1815: Robert Owen, in a ground-breaking pamphlet,...

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Robert Owen , in a ground-breaking pamphlet, Observations on the Effect of the Manufacturing System, called for regulation of the employment of children in factories.
Burmester, James et al. English Books. James Burmester Rare Books, 1985–2024, Numbered catalogues.
44: 29-30

1819: A second Factory Act set limits to the hours...

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1819

A second Factory Act set limits to the hours that could be legally worked by children.
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
89 (1819): 164

1830-1834: The Owenite socialist movement flourished...

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1830-1834

The Owenite socialist movement flourished in Britain.
Jones, Gareth Stedman. Languages of Class: Studies in English Working Class History 1832-1982. Cambridge University Press, 1983.
57

1834: A general strike was held, organized by the...

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1834

A general strike was held, organized by the recently-founded Grand National Consolidated Trades Union .
Jones, Gareth Stedman. Languages of Class: Studies in English Working Class History 1832-1982. Cambridge University Press, 1983.
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Mitchell, Sally, editor. Victorian Britain: An Encyclopedia. Garland Press, 1988.
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21 December 1844: The Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society,...

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21 December 1844

The Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society , founded by disciples of Robert Owen , opened the first co-operative retail shop in Britain at Toad Lane, Rochdale.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
266
Alderman, Geoffrey. Modern Britain 1700-1983: A Domestic History. Croom Helm, 1986.
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1849: Socialist Robert Owen published The Revolution...

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1849

Socialist Robert Owen published The Revolution in Mind and Practice of the Human Race.
Drabble, Margaret, editor. The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 1985.
727

October 1852: Mrs Maria Hayden brought the American practice...

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October 1852

Mrs Maria Hayden brought the American practice of spiritualism across the ocean to England, where she advertised as a medium.
Owen, Alex. The Darkened Room: Women, Power, and Spiritualism in Late Nineteenth-Century England. Virago, 1989.
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Porter, Katherine H. Through a Glass Darkly: Spiritualism in the Browning Circle. Octagon, 1972.
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17 November 1858: Robert Owen, socialist, died at Newtown in...

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17 November 1858

Robert Owen , socialist, died at Newtown in Montgomeryshire.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
“Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC.
107

Texts

Owen, Robert, 1771 - 1858, and Robert Dale Owen, editors. The Crisis, and National Co-operative Trades’ Union and Equitable Labour Exchange Gazette. J. Eamonson; B. D. Cousins.