Friedrich Engels
November 28, 1820 – August 5, 1895
German philosopher and businessman who co-wrote The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx and edited the later volumes of Das Kapital.
Biography
Friedrich Engels was a German philosopher, social scientist and businessman. Son of a textile manufacturer, he worked in his family's cotton business in Manchester, where he wrote The Condition of the Working Class in England (1845).
He met Karl Marx in 1844 and became his lifelong collaborator. Together they wrote The Communist Manifesto (1848) and took part in the 1848-49 revolutions. Engels then supported Marx financially for many years.
After Marx's death in 1883 he edited and published the second and third volumes of Capital and wrote works such as The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State. He was a leading adviser to the European socialist movement until his death in London.
Affiliations
Party membership
- Jan 1, 1847 – Jan 1, 1852 Communist League
Employment
- Jan 1, 1850 – Jun 30, 1869 Ermen & Engels Family cotton firm in Manchester; he retired from it on 30 June 1869 (also a clerk there from 1842)
Education
- Humboldt University of Berlin Attended the University of Berlin (infobox) during his military service there, 1841-1842
