Frederick EngelsFriedrich Engels (1820-1895) was a German philosopher, social critic, journalist, businessman, and Marx's closest collaborator. Born in Barmen, Prussia, Engels gained direct knowledge of industrial capitalism through his family's textile business andhis time in Manchester, where he observed the conditions of the English working class. His book The Condition of the Working Class in England became a major work of social criticism and helped establish his lifelong concern with labor, class, industry, and political economy.Engels worked with Marx on several major texts and helped support Marx financially and intellectually through decades of research and political struggle. After Marx's death, Engels edited and published later volumes of Capital from Marx's manuscripts and became one of the principal interpreters of Marxist thought. Together, Marx and Engels became central figures in the history of socialism, communism, political economy, social theory, and modern revolutionary politics. Read More Read Less