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Karl Marx

German philosopher and revolutionary socialist who developed Marxism.

On 5 May 1818, at Brückengasse 664 in Trier, which was then part of the Kingdom of Prussia, Karl Marx was born to Heinrich Marx and Henriette Pressburg.[1] To achieve human emancipation from economic and social domination, Marx actively pressed for and advocated organised proletarian revolutionary action.[2]

Quick Facts

Birth name
Carl Marx
Born
5 May 1818
Birthplace
Trier, Prussia
Died
14 March 1883
Place of death
London, England
Burial place
Tomb of Karl Marx, London
Citizenship
Prussian (1818–1845); Stateless (after 1845)
Education
  • University of Bonn
  • University of Berlin
  • University of Jena

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

He studied law at the University of Bonn and later at the University of Berlin, where he became fascinated with the philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel.[3][4] After a brief career as a journalist for the radical newspaper Rheinische Zeitung, Marx moved to Paris in 1843 and became co-editor of the Deutsch-Französische Jahrbücher.[5][6] Marx's major economic work, the three-volume series Das Kapital, resulted from his lifelong study and critique of political economy.[7] At the Café de la Régence in Paris on 28 August 1844, Marx met Friedrich Engels, which began a lifelong friendship and collaboration.[8]

What the cited sources add

The same source notes that Marx's father enjoyed a successful law practice in Trier along the Moselle River.[9] According to Turley, Marx and his wife Jenny eventually had six children, three of whom died in infancy, and the family lived in extreme poverty, accepting charity from Engels.[9] The Critique of the Gotha Program source shows that Marx addressed the dictatorship of the proletariat and the transition from capitalism to communism.[10] The Neue Rheinische Zeitung issue from November 1848 provides a direct example of Marx's journalism during the revolutionary period.[11]

According to the Turley account, when Karl was six years old, he and six siblings were baptised into the Lutheran Church on 28 August 1824.[9]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Karl Marx" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; ; . (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Karl Marx" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Marx, "Critique of the Gotha Program"; Calhoun 2002, p. 23–24 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Karl Marx" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; ; .; Wheen 2001, p. 12–13 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Karl Marx" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; .; ; ; .; ; ; . (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Karl Marx" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; . (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Karl Marx" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: ; ; (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Karl Marx" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Taken from the caption of a picture of the house in a group of pictures located between pages 160 and 161 of .; Fedoseyev 1973, p. 82; Berlin 1963, p. 90–94; Fedoseyev 1973, p. 82; Larisa Miskievich, "Preface" to Volume 28 of the Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels (International Publishers: New York, 1986) p. xii.; Karl Marx, Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: Volume 35, Volume 36 and Volume 37 (International Publishers: New York, 1996, 1997 and 1987). (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Karl Marx" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wheen 2001, p. 12–13; Mansel, "Paris Between Empires", St. Martins Press, 2001, p. 390; Engels, "Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels", International Publishers, 1975, p. 295–596; Fedoseyev 1973, p. 82 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Turley, "The Baptism of Karl Marx, 1824", Landmark Events, 2020-08-24. facts only, no text reused. landmarkevents.org
  10. Marx, "Critique of the Gotha Program". facts only, no text reused. marxists.org
  11. "Neue Rheinsiche Zeitung No. 145 November 1848", www.marxists.org. facts only, no text reused. marxists.org

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