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Karl Marx

FRSA[1]
Born
Karl Heinrich Marx

May 5, 1818
Died March 14, 1883
London, England
Buried
17 March 1883, Tomb of Karl Marx, Highgate Cemetery, London, England
Residence
Nationality German, eventually stateless
Thesis The Difference Between the Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature
Occupation Journalist, author, economist, revolutionary
Employer Newspapers:
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
Relatives

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.

References

  1. Marx became a Fellow of the highly prestigious Royal Society of Arts, London, in 1862.