Robert Dale Owen

Robert Dale Owen was an American politician, diplomat, writer, newspaper editor and philosopher (1801–1877). He was born at Glasgow and died at Lake George.

Robert Dale Owen in brief

Born
1801
Died
1877
Known for
politician, diplomat, writer, newspaper editor and philosopher
Place of birth
Glasgow
Contents

Identity and origins

His recorded language was English. His recorded confession was socialism.

He was the child of Robert Owen and Anne Caroline Owen. One child is recorded: Rosamond Dale Owen.

Career and activity

Robert Dale Owen worked in politics, diplomacy and utopia.

Recorded positions include United States representative, member of the Indiana House of Representatives and board member. He worked at Indianapolis and Washington, D.C.

Catalogued works

33 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1792 to 2005.

The Wrong of Slavery, the Right of Emancipation, and the Future of the African Race in the United States. The Wrong of Slavery, the Right of Emancipation, and the Future of the African Race in the Us. Divorce. Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World - with Narrative Illustrations. Beyond the Breakers - a Story of the Present Day. Labor. The Wrong of Slavery, the Right of Emancipation, and the Future of the African Race in the United States, 1864. Popular Tracts. Debatable Land Between This World and the Next, with Illustrative Narrations;. Pocahontas. Footfalls On the Boundary of Another World. From the 10Th Amer. Ed., With Emendations and Additions by the Author. Twenty-Seven Years of Autobiography. Outline of the System of Education at New Lanark. An outline of the system of education at New Lanark. An outline of the system of education at New Lanark. and, Education, from the Supplement to the Encyclopaedia Brittanica. The debatable land between this world and the next. Hints on public architecture. Moral physiology. To Holland and to New Harmony. Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World. The wrong of slavery, the right of emancipation and the future of the African race in the United States. Threading my way. Untitled, dated 2004, oil and acrylic on linen, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2005.473. "Even when I hated everyone...", dated May 5, 1995, silkscreen print, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2000.399. Armchair, dated c. 1867–70, mahogany, purpleheart, ebony, harewood, holly, brass, and modern upholstery, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1997.334. Moral physiology, or, A brief and plain treatise on the population question / By Robert Dale Owen., dated [1876?], held by Wellcome Collection. Moral physiology ; or, a brief and plain treatise on the population question / [Robert Dale Owen]., dated [1846], held by Wellcome Collection. The moral physiology : a treatise on popular questions, or means devised to check pregnancy / by a physician., dated 1836, held by Wellcome Collection. Neurology. : An account of some experiments in cerebral physiology. By Dr. Buchanan, of Louisville. Communicated to an American newspaper, at Dr. Buchanan's request. / By R. D. Owen., dated 1842, held by Wellcome Collection. Genuine sense or, a letter to the Right Honourable George English; including the copy of a letter from Samuel March to Robert Stickler, concerning the advance of journeymens wages., dated 1792, held by Wellcome Collection. Correspondence: O-P, dated 1992-1993, held by Wellcome Collection. Volume 32. 'Superbugs and Superdrugs: A History of MRSA', dated 2005-2008, held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987), dated 1937-1991, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 11 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 12 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Owen, Robert Dale (1801–1877), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Owen, Robert Dale (1801-1877), reformer and congressman, American National Biography Online, 2000. Robert Dale Owen: A Biography, The American Historical Review, 1941. Owen, Robert Dale (1801 – 1877), The Dictionary of Early American Philosophers, 2012. <i>Robert Dale Owen: A Biography</i>. Richard William Leopold<i>The Incorrigible Idealist: Robert Dale Owen in America</i>. Eleanor Pancoast , Anne E. Lincoln, Journal of Political Economy, 1942.

Digitised editions and texts

9 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

Popular Tracts (1830) — Internet Archive. The Future of the North-west in Connection with the Scheme of Reconstruction Without New England (1863) — Internet Archive. Labor: Its History and Its Prospects. An Address Delivered Before the Young Men's Mercantile ... (1851) — Internet Archive. The Wrong of Slavery, the Right of Emancipation, and the Future of the African Race in the ... (1864) — Internet Archive. An Outline of the System of Education at New Lanark (1824) — Internet Archive. Discussion on the Existence of God and the Authenticity of the Bible: Between Origen Bacheler ... (1853) — Internet Archive. Hints on Public Architecture: Containing, Among Other Illustrations, Views ... (1849) — Internet Archive. Footfalls On The Boundary Of Another World 1872 Unfootnoted Abridgement (1872) — Internet Archive. Owen's Moral Physiology; or, A Brief and Plain Treatise on the Population Question — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is politics, diplomacy and utopia.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Indianapolis and Washington, D.C. Positions recorded include United States representative and member of the Indiana House of Representatives.

Chronology

  1. 1801Robert Dale Owen born at Glasgow.
  2. 1824An Outline of the System of Education at New Lanark digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1830Popular Tracts digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1851Labor: Its History and Its Prospects. An Address Delivered Before the Young Men's Mercantile ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1853Discussion on the Existence of God and the Authenticity of the Bible: Between Origen Bacheler ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1863The Future of the North-west in Connection with the Scheme of Reconstruction Without New England digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1864The Wrong of Slavery, the Right of Emancipation, and the Future of the African Race in the ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1877Robert Dale Owen died at Lake George.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Robert Dale Owen”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2156836: Robert Dale Owen

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