Franz Mehring
Franz Mehring | |
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Mehring c. 1915 | |
| Born | 27 February 1846 |
| Died | 28 January 1919 (aged 72) |
| Alma mater | Leipzig University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, historian, philosopher, literary critic |
Franz Erdmann Mehring (27 February 1846 – 28 January 1919) was a German communist historian, literary and art critic, philosopher, and revolutionary socialist politician who was a senior member of the Spartacus League during the German Revolution of 1918–1919. He authored Karl Marx: The Story of His Life (1918), which was long considered the classical biography of Marx.