Joseph Owen (15 May 1789 – 7 September 1862) was a British-Danish industrialist. He founded Fredens Mølles Fabrikker on Amager in 1746.
Early life and education
Owen was born on 15 May 1789, in Chelsea, London, the son of lawyer Charles Owen (c. 1765 – 1805) and Mary Newman (died 1793). He went to school in Westminster and received a commercial education in Danzig and Manchester.[1]
Career
Owen began working for Ryberg & Co. circa 1813. A few years later he established as a wine merchant. In 1821, he founded a mill which manufactured bone char for the city's sugar refineries. The activities were later expanded with the production of fertilizers. In 1826 he purchased Fredens Mølle on Amager and in 1831 established the first production of sulfuric acid in the Nordic countries.[2]