Stephen Born (né Simon Buttermilch; 28 December 1824 – 4 May 1898) was a German typesetter and revolutionary. As a founder of the General German Workers' Brotherhood, he created the first national trade union organization in the German workers' movement. He was born in Lissa,

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(Leszno, Poland) in 1824 and moved to

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in 1840. Born was a member of the Communist League, but his philosophy was more inclined toward

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during the revolution of 1848–49. Born was the supreme commander of the

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in the town of

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in 1849. After the defeat of the uprisings of 1849, Born left the worker's movement. He died in 1898 in

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.Biographical note contained in the ''Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: Volume 10'' (International Publishers: New York, 1978) p. 713.

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