Friedrich Engels
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Friedrich Engels (November 28, 1820–August 5, 1895) was a German political thinker. With his friend Karl Marx, Engels wrote about Communism. They wrote the famous book The Communist Manifesto together.
[edit] Life
Friendrich Engels was born in Germany in 1820. His father was very rich and owned many factories. When Engels was young, his father sent him to England to run one of his factories. The way the workers in these factories lived made Engels sad and angry. He began to write about workers after this.
In 1854 he met Karl Marx in France and the two became friends and started writing together. The two men worked together until Marx died in 1883.
After Marx died, Engels spent the rest of his life editing and translating Marx' writings. He also wrote about women and marriage.
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