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Robert Owen (1771-1858)
social reformer, founder of New Harmony

Between 800 and 900 people arrived during the spring of 1825, and in a newly established newspaper, the name "Harmonie" was replaced by "New Harmony." However, the experiment was not at all harmonious.

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  • Within two years, Owen had returned to England, where his reform movement continued to gain momentum, peaking in about 1839.

    Back in New Harmony, Owen's influence continued through five of his children who lived there and through William Maclure, who attracted scientists and educators to the little town.

    As a child, Robert Owen left his native Newtown, Wales, joined a brother in London, and was apprenticed to a clothier in Stamford, Lincolnshire. The three-year plan included board and lodging, with no pay the first year, 8 pounds the second and 10 pounds the third.

    "These terms," Owen wrote, "I accepted ... I from that period, ten years of age, maintained myself without ever applying to my parents for any additiona