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Fredrich Engles: Co-Founder of Modern Communism
Born 28 Novemeber 1820 in Prussia (Germany)
Died 5 August 1895
He is known as being the closest collaborator to Karl Marx in reguards to modern Communism. Oscar J Hammon: Encyclopedia Britannica, Fredrich Engles
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Editors of Encyclopedia at Britanica: Encyclopedia Britanica, Prussia History, 15 Nov 2018, Website -
Early Life
Engles grew up in a moderatly liberal household. His father owned a texile business and was also a partner in a cotton plant in England. Enlges was always gifted but was also very rebellious, he reportatly knew 24 languages. From 1838 to 1841 he worked for and export firm. During that time he began taking an interest in liberal and revoloutionary works published by the "young German" authors. Oscar J Hammon: Encyclopedia Britannica, Fredrich Engles
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Dwell Time
After his return to prussia in 1841, Engles put his career on hold and enlisted for 1 year as a volunteer in the artillary regiment in berlin. He didnt know this yet, but 1 year later, once his Enlistment was up, he was going to meet a man that would fortify his beliefs and change modern philosophy, science and society forever. Oscar J Hammon: Encyclopedia Britannica, Fredrich Engles
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Conversion to Communism
After Engles time was served in the military, He met Moses Hess, a wealthy jewish man and promotor of radical causes. Hess convinced Engles that, what he was studying, Hegelian Philosophy and Dialectic was communism. Hess would later go on to influence others like Karl Marx and become an early proponent to Zionism. Oscar J Hammon: Encyclopedia Britannica, Fredrich Engles
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Partners with Karl Marx
Engles met with Marx in Brussels and endorsed his newley devised economic interpretation of history. After persueding a communist congress, Marx and Engles were given a green light to draft a statement of communist policy and principles which appeared in 1848 titled, Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei (the Communist Manifesto). Oscar J Hammon: Encyclopedia Britannica, Fredrich Engles
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His Final years
After Marx died, Engles became the epitomy of communism. Between 1885 and 1894, he completed volumes 2 and 3 of Marx's Das Kapital with only Marx's notes and a few un completed manuscripts to go on. He died shorly after in August on 1895. Oscar J Hammon: Encyclopedia Britannica, Fredrich Engles
24 Nov 2018, Website
