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Karl Marx
Revolutionary, sociologist, historian, and economist Karl Marx.
In October 1842, Karl Marx became the editor of the Rheinische Zeitung, a newspaper based in Cologne that served as a liberal democratic organ for local merchants, bankers, and industrialists. Under his leadership, the publication's circulation tripled, establishing it as a prominent journal in Prussia before it was eventually suspended by authorities for being too outspoken.1