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Friedrich Engels (born Nov. 28, , Barmen, Rhine province, Prussia Germany[[?]]—died Aug. 5, , London, Eng.) was a German socialist philosopher, the closest collaborator of Karl Marx in the foundation of modern communism[1†][2†].

They coauthored The Communist Manifesto (), and Engels edited the second and third volumes of Das Kapital after Marx’s death[1†][2†]. Engels was also a businessman and Karl Marx’s closest friend and collaborator[1†][2†]. He met Marx in , and they jointly authored a number of works, including The Holy Family The German Ideology (written ), and The Communist Manifesto (), and worked as political organizers and activists[1†][2†].

Engels also helped Marx financially, allowing him to continue his writing after moving to London in [1†][2†]. After Marx’s death in , Engels compiled Volumes II and III of Das Kapital ( and )[1†][2†].

Engels’s family was wealthy and owned large cotton-textile mills in Barmen and Salford, England