Louis Kugelmann

Louis Kugelmann, or Ludwig Kugelmann (19 February 1828 in Lemförde – 9 January 1902 in Hannover), was a German gynecologist, social democratic thinker and activist, and confidant of Marx and Engels.

Personal life

Kugelmann married Gertrud Oppenheim (born 27 January 1839 in Bonn; died 1920 in Wiesbaden). They had a daughter Franziska Kugelmann (9 October 1858 in Hannover – 31 August 1939 in Wiesbaden).[1]

He met with Karl Marx several times, visited him in Hannover, and exchanged letters with him and Friedrich Engels during the period 1862 to 1893.[citation needed] He was a member of the International Workingmen's Association and later the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Works

Notes

  1. ^ Letters from the town archives of Hannover and Wiesbaden.

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