Friedrich Engels (1820 - 1895)
Tue Nov 28, 1820
Friedrich Engels, born on this day in 1820, was a German philosopher, journalist, and revolutionary socialist who collaborated with Karl Marx, co-authoring the "Communist Manifesto" and editing Marx's "Das Kapital".
Engels was born in Barmen, Rhine Province, Prussia (now Wuppertal, Germany), to a wealthy family. His father owned large textile factories in Barmen and Salford, England. His revolutionary predilections (and later, his atheistic beliefs) put him at odds with his family, who expected Engels to inherit the family business.
Engels' career became intertwined with Marx's when he began writing articles for "Rheinische Zeitung", a German newspaper that Karl Marx edited. In 1845, Engels published "The Condition of the Working Class in England", based on personal observations and research of poverty and disease in English cities. In 1848, Engels co-authored the "Communist Manifesto" with Marx.
Later, Engels supported Marx financially, allowing him to perform research and write "Das Kapital". After Marx's death, Engels edited the second and third volumes of "Das Kapital".
Additionally, Engels organized Marx's notes into "Theories of Surplus Value", which were later published as the fourth volume of "Das Kapital". In 1884, he published "The Origin of the Family", Private Property and the State", based on Marx's ethnographic research.
"An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory."
- Friedrich Engels
- Date: 1820-11-28
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