On a visit to Scotland, owen-a Welshman then working in england-met his future wife, Caroline Dale, and subsequently bought a mill that his father-in-law owned in new Lanark, outside Glasgow. 在一次苏格兰之行中,欧文这个威尔士人选择在英格兰工作,因为他遇到了他的妻子卡洛琳黛尔,并随后在新拉纳克买下了他岳父的一间磨坊,就在格拉斯哥外。
He carried out reform at the corporation of New Lanark and made the factory become the object of visiting and studying. 他在英国新拉纳克的企业采取了一系列改革措施,使新拉纳克工厂成为人们竞相参观和学习的对象。