Jean-Baptiste André Godin
Jean-Baptiste André Godin (; 26 January 1817 – 15 January 1888) was a French industrialist, writer and political theorist, and social innovator. A manufacturer of cast-iron stoves and influenced by Charles Fourier, he developed and built an industrial and residential community within Guise called the ''Familistère de Guise'' (Social Palace). He ultimately converted it to cooperative ownership and management by workers. Early life and education Born on 26 January 1817 at Esquéhéries (Aisne), Godin was the son of an artisan smith and his wife. Starting work at his father's forge, he entered an iron works at age eleven as an apprentice. At age seventeen, he made a tour of France as journeyman with his older cousin, Jean-Nicholas Moret, also an ironsmith. Marriage and family In 1840 he first married Esther Lemaire, at the age of 23.
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