Our Debt to Robert Owen
We had occasion to mention Robert Owen (1771-1858) and his experiments in communal living a couple of weeks ago, and also a few months before that. He wasn’t a show biz guy in any way, shape, or form, but he’s worth knowing about. Owen was the son of a Welsh tradesman. By the age of ten he was sent away and apprenticed to a draper. By the time he was 21 he was the manager of a Manchester textile…
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