Burton, Hester. Barbara Bodichon, 1827-1891. John Murray, 1949.
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Robert Owen
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Standard Name: Owen, Robert,, 1771 - 1858
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Education | Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon | They sometimes attended the local Westminster Infant School in Vincent Square, London, alongside ragged children. Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press, 1985. 13 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 | 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 |
| 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. 8 Grogan, Susan. Flora Tristan: Life Stories. Routledge, 1998. 223, 227-8 |
| 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 | 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. 72 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 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 |
| Textual Production | Frances Wright | In June 1828, on a visit to Robert Owen
's utopian community at New Harmony, Indiana, FW
became coeditor (with Owen's son Robert Dale Owen
) of the New Harmony Gazette, a free-thinking... |
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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1815
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.
51
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.
78
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.
19
Porter, Katherine H. Through a Glass Darkly: Spiritualism in the Browning Circle. Octagon, 1972.
1-2
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.