Owen, Robert Dale

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Robert Dale Owen

1801-1877

Robert Dale Owen

(9 November 1801 − 24 June 1877)

Statesman, social reformer and author. Eldest son of Robert Owen. Served three terms in the Indiana legislature and was elected to Congress in 1842, serving two terms (1843-47); in 1845 introduced the bill under which the Smithsonian Institution was constituted. Appointed U.S. minister to Naples in 1855, where he became seriously interested in Spiritualism, publishing *Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World (1860) and The Debatable Land between This World and the Next (1872). Became one of the leading advocates of emancipation; his letter to President Lincoln was credited by Secretary Chase with having had great influence on the Emancipation Proclamation. (BCW 1:518-520).

The appendix refers to his biographical sketch elsewhere in the collected writings. (BCW 4:662).

Author of Footfalls on the Boundary of Another World (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1859). (BCW).

Some links:

• Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Оуэн, Роберт Дэйл
• Wikipedia: Robert Dale Owen

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To show: Robert Dale Owen; sortable: Owen, Robert Dale
Person's short name: R. D. Owen; sortable: Owen, R. D.; for categories: Owen R.D.
Lifetime: 1801-1877
Shortly: Statesman, social reformer and author. Eldest son of Robert Owen. Served three terms in the Indiana ...