Charles Longuet
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Charles Longuet (1839-1903)
Charles Longuet married Karl Marx's first daughter, Jenny on 2 October 1872 in London in a civil ceremony. Together, they had five children all of whom where boys.[1]
He was a journalist and prominent figure in the French working-class movement as well as a Proudhonist member of the General Council of the First International or International Working Men's Association (1866-67, 1871-72). He served as Corresponding Secretary for Belgium (1866) [2], delegate to the Lausanne[3] (1867), Brussels (1868), the London Conference (1871) and the (1872).[4]
He was also a member of the Paris Commune of 1871. He moved to England as a refugee after the defeat of the Commune. He was one of the speakers at Marx's funeral[5].
He was also the editor of the publication Journal Officiel.[6]
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- ^ Francis Wheen. 1999. Karl Marx: A Life. London: WW Norton & Company. p350.
- ^ http://www.iisg.nl/archives/en/files/i/10751992.php
- ^ http://www.marx.org/archive/steklov/history-first-international/ch08.htm
- ^ http://www.marx.org/archive/steklov/history-first-international/ch14.htm Hague
- ^ http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_7_108/ai_55698600/pg_3
- ^ Francis Wheen. 1999. Karl Marx: A Life. London: WW Norton & Company. p326.
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