Born 200 years ago today

Karl Marx in 1875
Born	5 May 1818 Trier, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	14 March 1883 (aged 64) London, England, UK
Resting place	Tomb of Karl Marx, Highgate Cemetery, London, England, UK
Residence	Germany, France, Belgium, UK
Nationality	Stateless after 1845
Spouse(s)	Jenny von Westphalen (m. 1843; d. 1881)
Children	7, including Jenny, Laura, and Eleanor
Parents	Heinrich Marx (father) Henriette Pressburg (mother)
Relatives	Louise Juta (sister) Jean Longuet (grandson)
Philosophy career
Alma mater	University of Bonn University of Berlin University of Jena
Era	19th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy Marxism
Main interests	Politics, economics, philosophy, history
Notable ideas	Marxist terminology, surplus value, contributions to the labour theory of value, class struggle, alienation and exploitation of the worker, materialist conception of history
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Cannot think of a thing to say. So let me instead suggest you read Lewis Feuer’s brilliant and fun, The Case of the Revolutionist’s Daughter: Sherlock Holmes Meets Karl Marx. And then when you have read that, that you read anything else you can get your hands on written by Lewis Feuer. Feuer was the most outstanding anti-Marxist of my youth and I bring him up because I would rather that his name was remembered instead of Karl Marx’s. But like hurricanes, the only ones you remember are the ones that did the most damage.

From his NYT obit:

His interest in matters philosophical was matched by a fascination with Sherlock Holmes. He condensed it in a historical whimsy of a novel, ”The Case of the Revolutionist’s Daughter: Sherlock Holmes meets Karl Marx” (Prometheus, 1983), which remains in print. In it, Holmes is hired by Marx to investigate the disappearance of his daughter, Eleanor, who actually committed suicide in 1898.

After his own break with Marx, the philosopher, Dr. Feuer, according to his family, adopted a personal mantra, ”For Hegel I would not give a bagel!”