Born in
November 28, 1820 ,Friedrich Engels was a German philosopher,
communist, social scientist, journalist, businessman and son of a wealthy bourgeois owner of
large textiles factories. Engels co-authored the Manifesto of the Communist party or also known as Communist Manifesto with Marx and also supported him financially.
''Just as Darwin discovered the
law of development of organic nature, so Marx discovered the law of development of human
history: the simple fact, hitherto concealed by an overgrowth of ideology, that mankind must first of all eat, drink, have shelter and clothing, before it can pursue
politics, science, art, religion, etc.''
-Friedrich Engels