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Ferdinand Lassalle
Ferdinand Johann Gottlieb Lassalle was a German jurist, philosopher, and socialist activist. Best remembered as an initiator of the social democratic movement in Germany, in 1863 he founded the General German Workers' Association (ADAV), the first independent German workers' party. His political theories, a form of state socialism, are known as Lassalleanism.
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culture · German jurist and socialist (1825–1864) · writer · politician · economist · lawyer · philosopher · political economist · opinion journalist · also Ferdinand Lassalle, Ferdinand Johann Gottlieb Lassalle, Lassalle
Born 11 April 1825 · Died 31 August 1864 · Q75784
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Published “Early allopolyploid evolution in the post-Neolithic <i>Brassica napus</i> oilseed genome” in Science — cited 2,202 times.
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1875· 2 entries
It merged with the Social Democratic Workers' Party (founded by August Bebel and Wilhelm Liebknecht) at the Gotha Congress to form what eventually became the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
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It merged with the Marxist Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany to form the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
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1872· 1 entry
Even depicted Marx and Lassalle on either side of Liebknecht
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1868· 1 entry
For instance, Liebknecht edited an article by Engels to remove passages derogatory to Lassalle
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1864· 2 entries
Died 1864-08-31.
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When he was killed in a duel following a dispute over a young woman he wished to marry
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1863· 2 entries
Career landmark: president (1863–1864).
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Founded the General German Workers' Association (ADAV), the first independent German workers' party
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1862· 1 entry
And lasted (owing to his early death) for little more than two years
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1860· 1 entry
Lassalle became involved with Sonia Sontsev (Sophie von Solutzew), a young Russian woman he met at a spa in Aachen
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1859· 1 entry
Lassalle published a blank verse tragedy, Franz von Sickingen, and a pamphlet on foreign politics, The Italian War and Prussia's Duty: Democracy's Call
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1857· 2 entries
Gave his word of honour no intimacy had ever taken place
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Through the intervention of Alexander von Humboldt, Lassalle finally obtained a six-month permit to reside in Berlin for medical treatment and the publication of his work on Heraclitus
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1856· 1 entry
Lassalle undertook an Eastern tour with his brother-in-law Friedland, visiting Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest, and Constantinople
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1855· 1 entry
Gustav Lewy, a Düsseldorf democrat, denounced Lassalle to Marx in London, accusing him of exploiting the workers' party for his private affairs and of dangerous political maneuvering
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1853· 1 entry
Marx received an unfavorable report about Lassalle from a certain Wiss
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1849· 1 entry
Lassalle remained in the Rhineland, "the last of the Mohicans", as Marx and other Left-wing leaders went into exile
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1825· 1 entry
Born 1825-04-11.
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1805· 1 entry
Into a prominent noble family, had been unhappily married since 1822 to her cousin, Count Edmund von Hatzfeldt-Kinsweiler
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