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Eleanor Marx

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English-born activist and daughter of Karl Marx (1855–1898)

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Eleanor Marx, also known as Eleanor Aveling, was a British literary translator born in Soho in 1855. She was the daughter of Karl Marx and Jenny von Westphalen, and the sister of Jenny Longuet and Laura Marx. Her native language was English, and she also spoke Norwegian, German, and French. She was a member of the Social Democratic Federation, the Socialist League, and the Independent Labour Party.

Her notable works include translations of *A doll's house*, *Wages and labor pamphlets*, *Value, price and profit*, *The lady from the sea*, and *Revoli︠u︡t︠s︡īi︠a︡ i kontr-revoli︠u︡t︠s︡īi︠a︡ v Germanīi*. She had unmarried partners Edward Aveling and Prosper-Olivier Lissagaray. Marx died in Sydenham in 1898 from poison. Her archives are held at the International Institute of Social History.

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Born
1855
Died
1898
Works
10

Top works

  • A doll's house
  • Wages and labor pamphlets
  • Value, price and profit
  • The lady from the sea
  • Revoli︠u︡t︠s︡īi︠a︡ i kontr-revoli︠u︡t︠s︡īi︠a︡ v Germanīi

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Key facts

Born
Jenny Julia Eleanor Marx , ( 1855-01-16 ) 16 January 1855, London, England
Died
31 March 1898 (1898-03-31) (aged 43), London, England
Cause of death
Suicide
Other names
"Tussy" Marx Eleanor Aveling
Occupations
Socialist activist, translator
Partner
Edward Aveling
Parents
Karl Marx (father) Jenny von Westphalen (mother)
Relatives
Laura Marx (sister), Jenny Longuet (sister), Henry Juta (cousin), Louise Juta (aunt), Heinrich Marx (grandfather), Henriette Pressburg (grandmother), Anton Philips (second cousin), Gerard Philips (second cousin)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Julia
Family name
Marx
Gender
female
Place of birth
Soho
Place of death
Sydenham
Father
Karl Marx
Occupation
philatelist
Languages spoken
German
Native language
English language
Field of work
literary translator
Image
Mrs Eleanor Marx Aveling, daughter of Karl Marx.jpg
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date of birth
1855-01-16
date of death
1898-03-31
Commons category
Eleanor Marx
manner of death
Suicide
name in native language
Eleanor Aveling
cause of death
poison
writing language
English language
present in work
Miss Marx
place of burial
Marx Memorial Library
Commons Creator page
Eleanor Marx
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Encyclopedic overview

Jenny Julia Eleanor Marx (16 January 1855 – 31 March 1898), sometimes called Eleanor Aveling and known to her family as Tussy, was the English-born youngest daughter of Karl Marx. She was herself a socialist activist who sometimes worked as a literary translator. In March 1898, after discovering that her partner Edward Aveling had secretly married the previous year, she poisoned herself at the age of 43.

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