Johann Philipp Becker
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Johann Phillipp Becker (20 March 1809 – 9 December 1886) was a German revolutionary and military officer who participated in the democratic movement in Germany and Switzerland in the 1830s and 1840s. In Baden during the 1848-1849 Baden-Palatinate revolution, Becker commanded the Baden Peoples Militia. In the 1860s he became a prominent figure in the First Workers International, attending all its congresses.[1]
He was the editor of the socialist magazine Der Vorbote. Becker was one of the founders of Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (1869).[2] Becker became a close friend and an associate of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels.
He died in 1886.
References
[edit]- ^ A Letter from Friedrich Engels to Johann Philipp Becker in Geneva, 1 July 1879
- ^ "Becker Johann Philipp". Bundesarchiv (in German). Retrieved January 13, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Archive of Johann Philipp Becker Papers at the International Institute of Social History
- Frederick Engels on Johann Philipp Becker
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