Camden in Greater London, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)

Robert Owen

1771-1858

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, October 11, 2017

1. Robert Owen Marker

Inscription. Father of the
Co-operative movement
lived here
1832-1840

Erected 2016 by Marchmont Association, One Housing.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce • Labor Unions. In addition, it is included in the UK, England, London, Marchmont Association Plaques series list.

Location. 51° 31.588′ N, 0° 7.672′ W. Marker is in Camden, England, in Greater London. It is at the intersection of Burton Place and Burton Street on Burton Place. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5 Burton Place, Camden, England WC1H 9JP, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Greater South East.

Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean,

in the North Atlantic Region,

in Europe,

in Atlantic Europe,

on one of the British Isles,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dorothy Richardson

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(about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); John Cartwright (about 90 meters away); George Jacob Holyoake (about 90 meters away); William Butler Yeats (about 90 meters away); Charles Dickens (about 90 meters away); Tavistock Square Bus Bombing Memorial (about 120 meters away); In Memory of Auxiliary Firemen (about 120 meters away); Otto Schiff (about 120 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Camden.

Also see . . .
1. Robert Owen (Encyclopedia Britannica). "Robert Owen, (born May 14, 1771, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales—died November 17, 1858, Newtown), Welsh manufacturer turned reformer, one of the most influential early 19th-century advocates of utopian socialism. His New Lanark mills in Lanarkshire, Scotland, with their social and industrial welfare programs, became a place of pilgrimage for statesmen and social reformers. He also sponsored or encouraged many experimental “utopian” communities, including one in New Harmony, Indiana, U.S." (Submitted on November 3, 2017.)

2. Robert Owen & the Cooperative movement (YouTube.com, 12 min.). (Submitted on November 3, 2017.)
3. Robert Owen (Wikipedia).

Robert Owen Marker - Wide View image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 16, 2018

2. Robert Owen Marker - Wide View

"Robert Owen (14 May 1771 – 17 November 1858) was a Welsh social reformer and one of the founders of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement. He worked in the cotton industry in Manchester before setting up a large mill at New Lanark in Scotland. In 1824, Owen travelled to America to invest the bulk of his fortune in an experimental 1,000-member colony on the banks of Indiana's Wabash River, called New Harmony. New Harmony was intended to be a Utopian society." (Submitted on November 3, 2017.)

Additional keywords. Blue Plaque

Photographed by Sam Bough, circa 1851

3. Robert Owen

Credits. This page was last revised on March 4, 2026. It was originally submitted on November 3, 2017, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 312 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 3, 2017, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. 2. submitted on March 27, 2018, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. 3. submitted on November 3, 2017, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.