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Friedrich Engels (born Nov. 28, 1820, Barmen, Rhine province, Prussia [Germany]—died Aug. 5, 1895, London, Eng.) German socialist philosopher, the closest collaborator of Karl Marx in the foundation of modern communism.

Friedrich Engels, (born Nov. 28, 1820, Barmen, Rhine Province, Prussia—died Aug. 5, 1895, London, Eng.), German socialist philosopher. Son of a factory owner, he eventually became a successful businessman himself, never allowing his criticism of capitalism to interfere with the profitable operations of his firm.

Industrialist's son and revolutionary thinker: Friedrich Engels, who co-wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx, was born 200 years ago in Wuppertal.

Friedrich Engels - Marxist Theorist, Collaborator, Philosopher: On his way to Barmen, Engels went to Paris for a 10-day visit with Marx, whom he had earlier met in Cologne. This visit resulted in a permanent partnership to promote the socialist movement.

Philosopher and political economist Friedrich Engels (1820–1895) was born in Barmen, Germany. The oldest son of an industrialist, Engels worked for a time in his father's factory in Manchester, England. There he witnessed the poverty of urban workers, later describing their plight in his 1845 work The Condition of the Working Class in England.