Charles Félix César Longuet (14 February 1839, Caen – 5 August 1903,

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) was a journalist and prominent figure in the French working-class movement, including the 1871

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, as well as a

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ist member of the General Council of the

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or International Working Men's Association (1866–67, 1871–72). He served as Corresponding Secretary for Belgium (1866), delegate to the Lausanne (1867), Brussels (1868), the London Conference (1871) and the (1872). He was also the editor of the publication ''Journal Officiel''. Longuet participated in the

of 1871 and, after its defeat, moved to England as a refugee where he met

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. Longuet married Marx's eldest daughter, Jenny, on 2 October 1872 in

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(in a civil ceremony). Together, they had six children, the first five of whom were boys, the last a daughter.Francis Wheen. 1999. ''Karl Marx: A Life''. London: WW Norton & Company. pp.350, 379. Two of the sons died in infancy. Of the others,

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, a journalist and Edgar, a physician, both became prominent socialist activists in France. Longuet returned to France, after a political amnesty granted by the French government in July 1880. Here he took a position as an editor of '' La Justice,'' a radical daily newspaper founded by

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. His wife and children joined him in February 1881, the family settling in the town of Argenteuil, near Paris.Saul K. Padover, ''Karl Marx: An Intimate Biography.'' New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1978; pp. 481-484. Here Jenny died in January 1883, probably from cancer of the bladder. Two months later her father, Karl Marx, died; Longuet was one of the speakers at his funeral.A Darwinian Gentleman at Marx's Funeral - E. Ray Lankester , Natural History , Find Articles at BNET.com
/ref> Charles Longuet died in Paris on 5 August 1903 at the age of 64. He was buried at the

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External links

Biography at Marxist Internet Archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Longuet, Charles 1839 births 1903 deaths Writers from Caen French journalists French Marxists Marxist journalists Members of the International Workingmen's Association Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery French male writers Mutualists Communards Politicians from Caen