Karl Marx
Karl Marx
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Published 2019-11-04T10:38:41+00:00
KARL MARX
Visitors flock from all around the world to see the grave of Karl Marx, whose political philosophy has had such an impact on the modern world.
He was originally buried in his wife's grave on a small side path, but in 1956 a new monument featuring a gigantic bust by the socialist sculptor Laurence Bradshaw was installed in a more prominent location. Funds were raised by the Marx Memorial Fund, set up by the Communist Party in 1955.
Since then, many people who have been inspired by his thinking have been buried nearby – among them Yusuf Dadoo, the South African communist and anti-apartheid activist, and Claudia Jones, political activist and founder of the Notting Hill Carnival.
Ironically his ideological antithesis, the liberal political theorist Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), is buried almost directly opposite.
Text Credit: https://highgatecemetery.org/visit/cemetery/east
| Date published | 04/11/2019 |
| Title | Karl Marx |
| Date | 1956 |
| Period | 20th Century |
| Medium | Granite |
| Credit | Laurence Bradshaw |
| Record | https://highgatecemetery.org/visit/cemetery/east |
| Artist | Laurence Bradshaw |
| Place | Highgate Cemetery |
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