One of the Welsh founders of modern socialist thought worked in what industry during his lifetime?
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. 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. Robert Owen:  He worked in the cotton industry in Manchester before setting up a large mill at New Lanark in Scotland.
cotton industry