Fun Facts About Karl Marx
- Karl Marx's main earnings for a decade came from an American newspaper: he was European correspondent for the New-York Daily Tribune from 1852 to 1862.[1]
- As a student at Bonn, Marx served as co-president of the Trier Tavern Club drinking society and fought a duel in 1836.[1]
- Marx encouraged his children to call him "Old Nick" and "Charley," while his friends called him "Moor" for his dark complexion and black curly hair.[1]
- Marx often used pseudonyms, especially when renting a home, apparently to make it harder for the authorities to track him. In London he signed his letters "A. Williams."[1]
- By 1837 the young Marx had written a short novel, a drama, and love poems dedicated to Jenny von Westphalen, his future wife. None of it was published in his lifetime.[1]
- Marx died a stateless person, and according to the biographer Francis Wheen only nine to eleven mourners attended his funeral at Highgate Cemetery.[1]
- Karl Marx was alive at the same time as James Watt — their lives overlapped for 1 year (1818–1819).[1][2][3][4]
- Karl Marx shares a birthday with Søren Kierkegaard: both were born on May 5.[1][2][5][6]
Karl Marx was a German philosopher, social and political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He is best-known for the 1848 pamphlet The Communist Manifesto, and his three-volume Das Kapital (1867–1894), a critique of classical political economy which employs his theory of historical materialism in an analysis of capitalism, in the culmination of his life's work. Marx's ideas and their subsequent development, collectively known as Marxism, have had enormous influence.[1]
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Questions About Karl Marx
When was Karl Marx born?
Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818, and died on March 14, 1883.
How old was Karl Marx at death?
Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818, and died on March 14, 1883, at age 64.
What was Karl Marx known for?
Karl Marx was known for: Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto. Karl Marx was a German philosopher, social and political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He is best-known for the 1848 pamphlet The Communist Manifesto, and his three-volume Das Kapital (1867–1894), a critique of classical political economy which employs his theory of historical materialism in an analysis of capitalism, in the culmination of his life's work. Marx's ideas and their subsequent development, collectively known as Marxism, have had enormous influence.
Who was alive at the same time as Karl Marx?
Karl Marx's closest contemporary was Victor Hugo. Their lives overlapped for 65 years.
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- Karl Marx — Wikipedia. Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Karl Marx (Q9061) — Wikidata
- James Watt — Wikipedia
- James Watt (Q9041) — Wikidata
- Søren Kierkegaard — Wikipedia
- Søren Kierkegaard (Q6512) — Wikidata
- Portrait: Karl Marx 001 restored.jpg — Wikimedia Commons. John Jabez Edwin Mayall, Public domain