Karl Marx

Karl Marx FRSA
Born	Karl Heinrich Marx May 5, 1818 Trier, Prussia, German Confederation
Died	March 14, 1883 London, England
Buried	17 March 1883, Tomb of Karl Marx, Highgate Cemetery, London, England
Residence	Germany, France, Belgium, United Kingdom.
Nationality	German, eventually stateless
Thesis	The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature
Occupation	Journalist, author, economist, revolutionary
Employer	Newspapers: 1842–1843: Rheinische Zeitung 1844: Deutsch–Französische Jahrbücher 1848–49: Neue Rheinische Zeitung 1870–71: Pall Mall Gazette 1852–62: New-York Daily Tribune
Political party	Various, including the IWMA
Spouse(s)	Jenny von Westphalen (Married 19 June 1843, died 2 December 1881)
Children	7, including Jenny, Laura and Eleanor
Parents	Heinrich Marx (father) Henriette Pressburg (mother)
Relatives	Louise Juta (sister) Edgar Longuet (grandson) Jean Longuet (grandson) Henry Juta (nephew) Frederik Philips (cousin)

Karl Marx (5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, historian, revolutionary socialist and founder of Marxism. He developed historical materialism, analyzing capitalism as a system of class struggle by economic forces, predicting its overthrow by the proletariat in favor of communism. He co-authored the Communist Manifesto (1848) and Das Kapital (1867-1894) with his lifelong friend Friedrich Engels. Marx's ideas and their subsequent development, collectively known as Marxism, have had enormous influence and resulted in revolutions in many different countries.