a businessman, and noted that: …his ear was never shut to the cry of distress; his private charities were boundless; and every public institution which had for its object the alleviation or prevention of human misery, in this world or in the world to come, received from him the most liberal support and encouragement. References Bibliography Modern publications on Dale: McLaren, D. J. (2015). David Dale: A Life. Stenlake Publishing Ltd. Modern publications on Owen: Claeys, G. (ed)(1993) The Selected Works of Robert Owen. Pickering & Chato. Davis, R. & O’Hagan, F. (2014) Robert Owen. Bloomsbury. Donnachie, I. & Hewitt, G. (2015) Historic New Lanark. 2nd edition. E.U.P. Donnachie, I. (2005). Robert Owen, Social Visionary. 2nd edition. Birlinn. Historical publications: Baines, E. (1835) History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain. London: Fisher. Black, W.G. (1912) ‘David Dale’s House in Charlotte Street’, Transactions of the Regality Club (1889-1912), 4 vols. Vol 4 (1912):93-121. Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons. Liddell, A. (1854) Memoir of David Dale. Blackie. Owen, R. (1857). Life of Robert Owen by Himself .Effingham Wilson. Podmore, F. (1906) Robert Owen – A Biography. Hutchinson & Co. External links http://www.electricscotland.com/history/other/dale_david.htm http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/d/daviddale.html http://www.rampantscotland.com/famous/blfamdale.htm Scottish philanthropists Scottish business theorists People from East Ayrshire 1739 births 1806 deaths Cambuslang Scottish merchants 18th-century Scottish businesspeople Scottish socialists Utopian socialists Scottish Congregationalists British cooperative organizers Founders of utopian communities 18th-century philanthropists