Friedrich
(Frederick)
"der General"
Engels
Born in Barmen, Provinz Jülich-Kleve-Berg, Königreich Preußen
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Husband of
Lydia (Burns) Engels
— married
11 Sep 1878 in Pancras, London, England, United Kingdom
[children unknown]
Died
at age 74
in London, England, United Kingdom
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Friedrich Engels (28 November 1820 – 5 August 1895) was the famous collaborator and friend of Karl Marx, and he played an major role in the development of Scientific Socialism. He was the author of several influential texts of his own, including The Condition of the Working Class in England (1845), Anti-Dühring (1877), Socialism: Utopian and Scientific (1880), Dialectics of Nature (1883), and The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State (1884).
Friedrich was born on 28 Nov 1820 in Barmen and christened on 18 Jan 1821 in Elberfeld, Germany.[1] He was the son of Friedrich Engels and Elisabeth, née van Haar. Barmen was incorporated into Wuppertal in 1929, and is now part of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany).
From 1834 to 1837 Friedrich studied at Elberfeld high school (Gymnasium zu Elberfeld). In 1838 his parents sent him to Bremen for business training, and he worked as an unsalaried clerk in an export business. He continued his studies independently and wrote press articles over the next few years.[2]
1841 through 1842 Engels served in the Household Artillery of the Prussian Army, attended lectures at the University of Berlin, and joined the circle of Young Hegelian Radicals, "The Free", while he wrote articles for Rheinische Zeitung.[2]
In Nov 1842, Engels traveled via Cologne - where he first met Karl Marx in person during an editorial visit to the Rheinische Zeitung - to Manchester, where he lived in the Chorlton-on-Medlock district to complete his commercial training at the Ermen & Engels cotton mill owned by his father and his partner Ermen.[3]
From about 1843 to her death in 1863, Friedrich had a long-term relationship with Mary Burns (29 September 1821 – 7 January 1863), a working-class Irish woman with radical opinions.[4] They never married, as both were against the institution of marriage.[2]
Engels's collaboration with Marx began around August 28, 1844, when he returned to Germany from Manchester, England, and visited Marx in Paris on the way. Through early 1845 Engels lived in his home town of Barmen, and then joined Marx in Brussels in April.[2]
In 1850 Engels settled in Manchester, where he worked for the next twenty years at his father's firm, Ermen and Engels, through which he helped support Marx and his family financially.[2] In 1851 he was an unmarried merchant, lodging at the boarding house of Isabella Tatham in Cheetham, Lancashire, England.[5] In 1861 he was single and a merchant, living as a lodger in Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, England.[6]
After the death of Mary Burns in 1863, Friedrich had a long-term relationship with her younger sister, Lydia "Lizzie" Burns (6 August 1827 – 12 September 1878).[7] In 1870 Engels moved to London. In 1871 he was a cotton spinner and an author, living in Regent's Park, Pancras, Middlesex, England, with Lydia, a niece, and a servant.[8] When Lydia had become seriously ill, he married her on 11 September 1878 in Pancras, London, England.[9][10] She died the next day.[7]
In 1891 Engels was a widowed author, living on his own means in Pancras, London, England. Two visitors, Luise Kautsky from Austria and Carl Schorlemmer from Darmstadt, were in his home when the census was taken, and he had two servants.[11] Friedrich remained in Pancras until his death in 1895. After Marx had died in 1883, Engels continued to work on and edit unpublished materials that he and Marx had produced.[2]
Friedrich Engels passed away on 5 Aug 1895 in London.[12][13][14][15][16]
Sources
- ↑ "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4GL-CBS : 25 March 2020), Friedrich Engels, 1821.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 English Wikipedia article on Friedrich Engels
- ↑ German Wikipedia article on Friedrich Engels
- ↑ English Wikipedia article on Mary Burns
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGLN-M6C : 9 November 2019), Frederick Englis in household of Isabella Tatham, Cheetham, Lancashire, England; citing Cheetham, Lancashire, England, p. 19, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M78P-VDJ : 1 August 2020), Frederick Engels, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 German Wikipedia article on Lydia_Burns
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBDZ-6YM : 24 April 2019), Frederick Engles, 1871: Regent's Park, Pancras, Middlesex. Frederick Engles, Head, M, 50, Married, Cotton Spinner And Author, Prussia; Lydia Engles, Wife, F, 43, Married, Manchester, Lancashire; Mary E Burns, Niece, F, 11, Scholar, Manchester, Lancashire; Ellen Cole, Servant, F, 18, Domestic Servant, London, London.
- ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D5V-RRL : 13 December 2014), Frederic Engels, 1878; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1878, quarter 3, vol. 1B, p. 249, Pancras, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ English Wikipedia article on Lizzie Burns
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3YGY-YPZ : 1 May 2019), Frederick Engles, Saint Pancras, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, London county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JPM-F62 : 31 December 2014), Frederick Engels, 1895; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Pancras, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7XMQ-9L2M : 27 August 2019), Frederick Engels, 9 Jan 1896; citing Probate, London, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain; FHL microfilm.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #2240
- ↑ "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2D1-BYGS : 26 October 2019), Mr Frederick Engels, 07 Aug 1895; citing Obituary, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, page , Records extracted by FindMyPast and images digitized by FamilySearch. The British Library, London; FHL microfilm 101,918,323.
- ↑ "British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q26M-QD4Q : 26 October 2019), Frederick Engels, 07 Aug 1895; citing Obituary, Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, page , Records extracted by FindMyPast and images digitized by FamilySearch. The British Library, London; FHL microfilm 102,001,128.
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Information from: Source S60: Tucker, Robert C., Ed. "Chronology: The Lives of Marx and Engels" and "Introduction" in The Marx-Engels Reader, Second Edition, W. W. Norton & Co., New York, 1972, 1978:
Friedrich Engels (28 November 1820 5 August 1895) was born at Barmen (a town later incorporated into Wuppertal in 1929, and part of West Germany after World War II).
From 1834 to 1837 Engels studied at Elberfeld high school.
In 1838 Engels was sent to Bremen for business training, and worked as an unsalaried clerk in an export business. He continued his studies independently and wrote press articles over the next few years.
In 1841 through 1842 Engels served in the Household Artillery of the Prussian Army, attended lectures at the University of Berlin, and joined the circle of Young Hegelian Radicals, "The Free," while he wrote articles for Rheinische Zeitung.
His collaboration with Marx began around August 28, 1844 when he rturned to Germany from Manchester, England, and visited Marx in Paris on the way.
Through early 1845 Engels lived in his home town of Barmen, and then joined Marx in Brussels in April, and the two then left to visit Manchester through that summer.
In 1850 Engels settled in Manchester where he worked for the next twenty years at his firm, Ermen and Engels, through which he helped support Marx financially.
In 1870 Engels moved to London, where he remained until his death in 1895. After Marx died in 1883, Engels continued to work on and edit unpublished materials that he and Marx had produced.