Samuel Owen | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Samuel_Owen.jpg) Samuel Owen, circa 1820-30 | |
| Born | 12 May 1774 Norton in Hales, Shropshire, England |
| Died | 15 February 1854 (aged 79) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupation | Engineer • inventor • industrialist |
| Spouse(s) | Ann Spen Toft Beata Carolina Svedell
(m. 1817; died 1822)Johanna Magdalena Elisabeth |
| Children | 17 |
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Samuel Owen (12 May 1774 – 15 February 1854), was a British-Swedish engineer, inventor and industrialist. He founded a workshop in Stockholm in 1809 that produced a large number of mechanical components, and since then has been regarded as "the founder of the Swedish mechanical industry".