Karl Marx

May 5, 1818-March 14, 1839

A German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary sociolist, Karl Marx was born in Prussia although he later became stateless and spent much of his life in London. Marx's work in economics laid the basis for much of the current understanding of labor and its relation to capital, and subsequent economic thought. He published numerous books during his lifetime, the most notable being The Communist Manifesto and Das Kapital.