Who is Karl Marx from Johnson's, Intellectuals?

Karl Marx was born in Trier on May 5, 1818. He was one of nine children, and the only son to survive to middle age. He came from a family of scholars since both of his grandfathers were rabbis and Talmudic scholars. His family was middle class. His father was a lawyer who converted to Protestantism when Prussia banned Jews from practicing law. Marx was educated at Bonn University and Berlin University. He was a good classical scholar who was interested in Hegalian philosophy. He received his doctorate from Jena University but was never able to secure an academic position. He became a journalist.

Marx organized the Communist League in 1848 and wrote the Communist Manifesto. He moved from country to country, usually being expelled for his views and revolutionary activities. He settled in London in 1849, where he remained until his death on March 14, 1883. During this time he was gathering information for and working on Capital. The first volume was published while he was still alive. Frederick Engels compiled the second and third volume from his notes and published them after his death. He married Jenny von Westphalen in 1841, and in 1851 became the European correspondent for the New York Daily Tribune. Marx experienced financial problems all of his life.