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David Dale (6 January 1739–7 March 1806) was a leading Scottish industrialist, merchant and philanthropist during the Scottish Enlightenment period at the end of the 18th century. [1] He was a successful entrepreneur in a number of areas, most notably in the cotton-spinning industry, and was the founder of the cotton mills in New ...
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- Robert Owen (son-in-law)
David Dale, Escocia, Reino de Gran Bretaña. (1739-1806) José Ramón Álvarez Layna. Estudio acerca del negociante escocés David Dale. «Luck never gives, it only lends.» Proverbio escocés. Resumen. El estudio sobre David Dale (1739-1806) que sigue, intenta presentar un apunte biográfico sobre este hombre de negocios escocés.
It was there that Owen first applied his form of benevolent paternalism in industry, building on the altruistic actions of his father-in-law, David Dale. It was there, too, that he formulated his Utopian vision of a society without crime, poverty, and misery. New Lanark prospered under his enlightened management.
David Dale. David Dale, the son of a grocer, was born in Stewarton, Ayrshire, in 1739. After his apprenticeship as a weaver in Paisley, Dale travelled the country as a agent buying up homespun linen. In 1763 Dale set up his own business in Glasgow importing yarn from Holland and Belgium.
1 de oct. de 2021 · David Dale lived from 1739 to 1806. He was a self-made businessman and financier who established the huge mill complex at New Lanark. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.
David Dale, 1739–1806, Scottish cotton manufacturer and philanthropist. In 1785 he built New Lanark, a cotton mill and model community that provided his employees with good housing and schools. He was succeeded at New Lanark by his son-in-law, Robert Owen, who later made the community world famous.
David Dale: A Life. David J. McLaren. Stenlake Publishing, 2015 - Biography & Autobiography - 288 pages. "In many ways, this new biography of Dale accords him 'respect and admiration',...
