Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for Robert Owen across 3 places, from 1771 to 1828.
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Robert Owen (14 May 1771 – 17 November 1858) was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist, political philosopher and social reformer, and a founder of utopian socialism and the co-operative movement.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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14 May 1771exact date
Newtown, Powysattested“Robert Owen was born in Newtown, a small market town in Montgomeryshire, Wales, on 14 May 1771, to Anne (Williams) and Robert Owen.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
14 May 1771exact date
Montgomeryshireattested“Robert Owen was born in Newtown, a small market town in Montgomeryshire, Wales, on 14 May 1771, to Anne (Williams) and Robert Owen.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
1825year
United Statesattested“To test the viability of his ideas for self-sufficient working communities, Owen began experimenting with communal living in the United States in 1825.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
1828year
United Statesattested“Although Owen made further brief visits to the United States, London became his permanent home and the centre of his work in 1828.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
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1792year
Manchestermentioned“In 1792, when Owen was about 21 years old, mill-owner Peter Drinkwater made him manager of the Piccadilly Mill at Manchester.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
30 September 1799exact date
Lanarkmentioned“After their marriage on 30 September 1799, the Owens set up a home in New Lanark, but later moved to Braxfield House in Lanark.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
1814 to 1824period
Pennsylvaniamentioned“George Rapp's Harmony Society, the religious group that owned the property and that had founded the communal village of Harmony (or Harmonie) on the site in 1814, decided in 1824 to relocate to Pennsylvania.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
October 1824month
United Statesmentioned“Owen and his son William sailed to the United States in October 1824 to establish an experimental community in Indiana.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
October 1824month
Indianamentioned“Owen and his son William sailed to the United States in October 1824 to establish an experimental community in Indiana.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
January 1825month
Indianamentioned“In January 1825 Owen used a portion of his funds to purchase an existing town of 180 buildings and several thousand acres of land along the Wabash River in Indiana.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
1825year
Glasgowmentioned“Social experiments also began in Scotland in 1825, when Abram Combe, an Owenite, attempted a utopian experiment at Orbiston, near Glasgow, but this failed after about two years.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
1825year
Orbiston, Scotlandmentioned“Social experiments also began in Scotland in 1825, when Abram Combe, an Owenite, attempted a utopian experiment at Orbiston, near Glasgow, but this failed after about two years.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
1825year
Scotlandmentioned“Social experiments also began in Scotland in 1825, when Abram Combe, an Owenite, attempted a utopian experiment at Orbiston, near Glasgow, but this failed after about two years.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
7 March 1825exact date
New Harmony, Indianamentioned“On 25 February and 7 March 1825, Owen gave addresses to the House of Representatives in Congress and to others in the US government, outlining his vision for the Utopian community at New Harmony, and his socialist beliefs.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
7 March 1825exact date
United States House of Representativesmentioned“On 25 February and 7 March 1825, Owen gave addresses to the House of Representatives in Congress and to others in the US government, outlining his vision for the Utopian community at New Harmony, and his socialist beliefs.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
1831year
Irelandmentioned“In the 1830s, additional experiments in socialistic co-operatives were made in Ireland and Britain, the most important being at Ralahine, established in 1831 in County Clare, Ireland, and at Tytherley, begun in 1839 in Hampshire, England.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
1831year
Ralahinementioned“In the 1830s, additional experiments in socialistic co-operatives were made in Ireland and Britain, the most important being at Ralahine, established in 1831 in County Clare, Ireland, and at Tytherley, begun in 1839 in Hampshire, England.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
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County Clarementioned“In the 1830s, additional experiments in socialistic co-operatives were made in Ireland and Britain, the most important being at Ralahine, established in 1831 in County Clare, Ireland, and at Tytherley, begun in 1839 in Hampshire, England.”source: Wikipedia: Robert Owen
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