Friedrich Engels Article

What did Friedrich Engels do for a living?

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Engels was (1842–44) a managerial apprentice in a Manchester, England, cotton mill co-owned by his father. He reluctantly returned to the business (1850) to support himself and his intellectual collaborator, Karl Marx. Having become a partner in the firm, Engels sold his interest in 1869, which enabled him to live comfortably until his death.