Born: 28 November 1820 · Died: 5 August 1895 · Age at death: 74
How old was Friedrich Engels when he died?
Friedrich Engels died aged 74. He was born on 28 November 1820 and died on 5 August 1895.
German thinker and industrialist's son who co-wrote The Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx and edited Das Kapital
Did you know?He spent many years working in his family's Manchester cotton mill to provide financial support for Marx.
Quick facts
Date of birth28 November 1820
Date of death5 August 1895
Age at death74
Cause of deathCancer
NationalityGerman
BirthplaceBarmen, Germany
Occupationeconomist, political theorist, philosopher
Editor's Take:
Engels is often seen as Marx's sidekick, but without him Marx's work might never have been written or published. The son of a wealthy German factory owner, he was sent to Manchester to manage the family's cotton business. What he saw there shaped his first major book, a vivid account of industrial poverty in English cities. He co-wrote The Communist Manifesto with Marx in 1848 and later edited the unfinished volumes of Das Kapital after Marx's death. He was a rare figure, a capitalist who devoted his life to the case against capitalism.
Key Milestones
1842: Moves to Manchester to work in the family firm
1845: Publishes The Condition of the Working Class in England
1848: Co-writes The Communist Manifesto
1894: Publishes the third volume of Das Kapital
Friedrich Engels ( ENG-(g)əlz; German:; 28 November 1820 – 5 August 1895) was a German philosopher, social and political theorist, and revolutionary socialist.
Friedrich Engels's birthday is November 28. He was born on November 28, 1820 in Barmen, Germany.
How old was Friedrich Engels when he died?
Friedrich Engels died on August 5, 1895, aged 74.
Who shares a birthday with Friedrich Engels?
Famous people who share Friedrich Engels's November 28 birthday include William Blake, Stefan Zweig, Alexander Blok, Claude Lévi-Strauss and Hasan Nasrallah.
