Robert Owen and New Lanark

Robert Owen and New Lanark- Learning modules with a biography of the philanthropic employer who strongly emphasised the importance of environment, education and, ultimately, cooperation in improving social conditions. Born in 1771 and died in 1858, yarn spinner and spinning machine builder, bought and developed one of the largest water powered cotton textile mills of the period, New Lanark near the Falls of Clyde. From the Open University's Learning Space web site.