Ferdinand Wolff
German journalist and member of the Communist League and editor of the Neue Rheinische Zeitung
About Ferdinand Wolff
Lived 1812 – 1905 (aged 92). Ferdinand Wolff was a German journalist, revolutionary, writer and editing staff.
Ferdinand Wolff (7 November 1812 – 8 March 1895) was a German journalist by profession and a proletarian revolutionary. He joined the Communist League and became an editor of the Neue Rheinische Zeitung in 1848 and 1849. He was a close friend and associate of both Karl Marx and of Frederick Engels and he sided with the Marx and Engels group during the 1850 split in the Communist League. Wolf died in 1895.
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Who was Ferdinand Wolff?
German journalist and member of the Communist League and editor of the Neue Rheinische Zeitung (1812–1905)
When was Ferdinand Wolff born?
Ferdinand Wolff was born on 7 November 1812 in Cologne.
When did Ferdinand Wolff die?
Ferdinand Wolff died on 8 March 1905 in London.
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Ferdinand Wolff was a journalist, revolutionary, writer and editing staff.
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Ferdinand Wolff was German.
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