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Wilhelm Liebknecht
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German journalist, writer and socialist politician (1826–1900)
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Eduard Minckwitz
- Succeeded by
- Georg Ledebour
- Constituency
- Saxony 19 (1874–1881) , Hesse 5 (1881–1888) , Berlin 6 (1888–1900)
- Born
- Wilhelm Martin Philipp Christian Ludwig Liebknecht , ( 1826-03-29 ) 29 March 1826, Giessen , Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Died
- 7 August 1900 (1900-08-07) (aged 74), Charlottenburg , Berlin , Prussia , German Empire
- Party
- Communist League ADAV Saxon People's Party SDAP SPD
- Children
- Theodor Karl
- Occupation
- Politician, journalist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Martin
- Family name
- Liebknecht
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Reich
- Place of birth
- Giessen
- Place of death
- Charlottenburg
- Child
- Theodor Liebknecht
- Occupation
- opinion journalist
- Educated at
- University of Marburg
- Political party
- Communist League
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- German
- Movement
- freethought
- Conflict
- Baden Revolution
- Image
- WilhelmLiebknecht.jpg
- Number of children
- 7
- Work location
- London
- Residence
- Leipzig
- Significant event
- detention
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- Wilhelm Liebknecht
- date of birth
- 1826-03-29
- date of death
- 1900-08-07
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- Wilhelm Liebknecht
- name in native language
- Wilhelm Philipp Martin Christian Ludwig Liebknecht
- place of burial
- The Socialists' Memorial
- place of detention
- Hubertusburg
- archives at
- German Federal Archives
- cause of death
- cerebrovascular disease
- Commons Creator page
- Wilhelm Liebknecht
- manner of death
- natural causes
- academic major
- philology
- contributed to creative work
- Cosmopolis
- charge
- high treason
- writing language
- French
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Encyclopedic overview
Wilhelm Martin Philipp Christian Ludwig Liebknecht ( German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈliːpknɛçt] ; 29 March 1826 – 7 August 1900) was a German social democratic politician and journalist. A principal founder of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), his political career was a pioneering project in steering a Marxist-inspired workers' party to electoral success and mass membership. Liebknecht served as a member of the North German Reichstag from 1867 to 1871, and of the German Reichstag from 1874 until his death in 1900.
Born in Giessen, Liebknecht was radicalized as a student and became an active participant in the 1848 Revolutions. After the defeat of the uprisings, he spent thirteen years in exile, first in Switzerland and then in London. In London, he became a close associate and student of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. After returning to Germany in 1862, he co-founded the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (SDAP) in 1869 with his long-time political collaborator August Bebel. The party, known as the "Eisenachers", was established as a mass-based political party committed to a Marxist program.
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