Cyrus Karl B. Evangelista

Karl Marx (May 5, 1818- March 14, 1883) Biography             A German philosopher and famous Prussian political economist, journalist, and activist, is considered to be one of the founding thinkers of sociology. Among Marx's most well-known and cited intellectual contributions are the concepts of historical materialism, base and superstructure, and false consciousness.             He was born in Trier, Prussia (present-day Germany) on May 5, 1818 to Heinrich Marx and Henrietta Pressberg. Marx's parents were Jewish, however, his father converted to Lutheranism to evade anti-Semitism prior to Marx's birth. He was educated at home by his father until high school, and at the age of 17, enrolled at Bonn University (Germany). He studied law at his father's request but he is more interested in philosophy and literature. In 1836, he enrolled at the University of B...