Charles Longuet (1839, Caen, Calvados – 1903, Paris) was a journalist and prominent figure in the French working-class movement, including the 1871 Paris Commune, as well as a Proudhonist member of the General Council of the First International 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 ...
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Charles Longuet (1839, Caen, Calvados – 1903, Paris) was a journalist and prominent figure in the French working-class movement, including the 1871 Paris Commune, as well as a Proudhonist member of the General Council of the First International 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).
Longuet participated in the Paris Commune of 1871. He moved to England as a refugee after the defeat of the Commune. Longuet married Karl Marx's first daughter, Jenny on 2 October 1872 in London (in a civil ceremony). Together, they had six children, the first five of whom were boys (including Jean Longuet), the last a daughter. He was one of the speakers at Marx's funeral.
He was also the editor of the publication Journal Officiel.
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