One of the Welsh founders of modern socialist thought worked in what industry during his lifetime?
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Utopian socialism Utopian socialism is a label used to define the first currents of modern socialist thought as exemplified by the work of Henri de Saint-Simon, Charles Fourier, Étienne Cabet, and Robert Owen. Utopian socialism is often described as the presentation of visions and outlines for imaginary or futuristic ideal societies, with positive ideals being the main reason for moving society in such a direction. Later socialists and critics of utopian socialism viewed "utopian socialism" as not being grounded in actual material conditions of existing society, and in some cases, as reactionary. These visions of ideal societies competed with Marxist-inspired revolutionary social democratic movements.
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Robert Owen 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.
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Jim Griffiths James Griffiths (19 September 1890 – 7 August 1975) was a Welsh Labour politician, trade union leader and the first ever Secretary of State for Wales.
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John Bryn Edwards Sir John Bryn Edwards, 1st Baronet (12 January 1889 – 22 August 1922) was a Welsh ironmaster and philanthropist whose seemingly promising future as a figure of political and social leadership in post-World War I Britain was cut short by death at the age of 33.
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Dan Griffiths Daniel 'Dan' Griffiths (20 June 1857 – 29 October 1936) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales. Morgan was a collier by profession.
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W. Llewelyn Williams William Llewelyn Williams known as Llewelyn Williams (10 March 1867 – 22 April 1922), was a Welsh journalist, lawyer and radical Liberal Party politician.
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Sydney Robinson (trade unionist) Sydney Allen Robinson (13 August 1905 – 10 April 1978) was a British trade unionist.
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Rolls family The Rolls family were substantial landowners and benefactors in and around Monmouth in south east Wales. Charles Stewart Rolls was the co-founder of the Rolls-Royce company. The ascent of the family to the aristocracy was through marriage.
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Wilfred Heywood Wilfred Lanceley Heywood (11 September 1900 – 8 October 1977) was a British trade unionist.
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William Thelwall Thomas Professor William Thelwall Thomas MBE, ChM, FRCS (1865–1927) was a Welsh surgeon who worked in Liverpool.
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David Thomas (industrialist) David Thomas (3 November 1794 – 20 June 1882) was a native of Wales who was influential in the birth of the Industrial Revolution in the US.
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George Swasey George R. Swasey (also spelt Swazey) was a syndicalist organiser notable for establishing the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) in Great Britain.
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William Nathaniel Jones William Nathaniel Jones (20 March 1858 – 24 May 1934) was a Welsh Liberal politician, businessman and soldier.
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Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet Sir John Morris, 1st Baronet (15 July 1745 – 25 June 1819), was a British industrialist, active in copper-smelting and coal-mining in Swansea, South Wales.
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Derek Hodgson (trade unionist) Derek Hodgson (born 1941) is a former Welsh trade union leader.
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Edward Samuel Norris Edward Samuel Norris (17 October 1832 – 22 February 1908) was an English manufacturer and Conservative Party politician.
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Alun Pugh Alun John Pugh (born 9 June 1955) is a Welsh Labour politician and former Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport. Pugh currently lives in Brynrefail but resided in Deganwy, Conwy for much of his time in North Wales. He has learnt Welsh as an adult.
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William Morris (disambiguation) William Morris (1834–1896) was a British writer, designer and socialist.
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Isaac Wilkinson Isaac Wilkinson (baptised 6 May 1695 - 31 January 1784) was an English industrialist, one of the founders of the iron industry and pioneer of the Industrial Revolution. However, his business ethics were precarious and his commercial affairs frequently chaotic. He became much addicted to litigation.
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William Williams (Swansea MP) William Williams (1840 – 21 April 1904) was a Welsh businessman and Liberal party politician.
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David Davis, Blaengwawr David Davis, Blaengwawr, Aberdare was a leading figure in the South Wales coal industry and a founder of the steam coal trade.
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Edward John (Welsh politician) Edward Thomas John (14 March 1857 – 16 February 1931), known as E.T. John, was a radical Welsh Liberal Party politician who later joined the Labour Party.