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August 2003, Vol 93, No. 8 | American Journal of Public Health 1248-1249
© 2003 American Public Health Association

VOICES FROM THE PAST

Friedrich Engels: Businessman and Revolutionary

Theodore M. Brown and Elizabeth Fee

Theodore M. Brown is with the Departments of History and of Community and Preventive Medicine at the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. Elizabeth Fee is with the History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Theodore M. Brown, PhD, Department of History, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 (e-mail: theodore_brown@urmc.rochester.edu).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

Friedrich Engels was born on November 28, 1820, in Barmen, Germany, into a wealthy family with deep roots in the yarn and cloth industry. His father owned a textile factory in Barmen and was a partner in a cottonspinning factory in Manchester, England. At the age of 17, under pressure from his father, Friedrich began to acquire business experience. But as a spirited and precocious young man, he also published poetry, learned languages fluently, engaged in contemporary philosophical debates, and displayed a marked talent for journalism.

He was soon leading a double life as a businessman by day, and increasingly, . . . [Full Text]




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