Karl Heinrich Marx

1818.
Karl Marx was born in Trier, but he had to move many times because the government did not like his ideas. Marx lived for a long time in London. He died there in 1883.

and power. His most famous book was the Communist Manifesto. He wrote it with Friedrich Engels in 1848. The book is about the ideas and aims of communism. His ideas are called Marxism.
His most important work is Das Kapital, or The Capital. It is commonly known in English as simply 'Capital.' He spent many years working on the three parts of the book. Das Kapital describes how "capitalism" works and the problems this creates. The book has led to many arguments between those who agree with the book and those who do not.