Karl marx

Karl Heinrich Marx (5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideasplayed a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist movement. He published various books during his lifetime, with the most notablebeing The Communist Manifesto (1848) and Capital (1867–1894); some of his works were co-written with his friend and fellow German revolutionary socialist, FriedrichEngels.[4]
Born into a wealthy middle-class family in Trier (formerly in Prussian Rhineland, now called Rhineland-Palatinate), Marx studied at both the Universityof Bonn and the University of Berlin, where he became interested in the philosophical ideas of the Young Hegelians. In 1836 he became engaged to Jenny vonWestphalen, marrying her in 1843. After his studies, he wrote for a radical newspaper in Cologne, and began to work out his theory of dialectical materialism. Moving toParis in 1843, he began writing for other radical newspapers. He met Engels in Paris, and the two men worked together on a series of books. Exiled to Brussels, hebecame a leading figure of the Communist League, before moving back to Cologne, where he founded his own newspaper. In 1849 he was exiled again and moved to Londontogether with his wife and children. In London, where the family was reduced to poverty, Marx continued writing and formulating his theories about the nature ofsociety and how he believed it could be improved, and also campaigned for socialism—he became a significant figure in the International Workingmen's Association.