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Eduard Bernstein

1850 - 1932

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Eduard Bernstein (German: [ˈeːduaʁt ˈbɛʁnʃtaɪn]; 6 January 1850 – 18 December 1932) was a German social democratic politician and socialist theorist. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Bernstein is best known for his reformist challenge to Marxism known as evolutionary socialism or revisionism, in which he questioned the revolutionary predictions of Karl Marx and advocated for a gradual, parliamentary path to socialism. His political and theoretical work played a significant role in the development of modern social democracy and reformist socialism. Born into a lower-middle-class Jewish family in Berlin, Bernstein became active in socialist politics in his early twenties. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eduard Bernstein is the 1,167th most popular politician (down from 796th in 2019), the 294th most popular biography from Germany (down from 221st in 2019) and the 84th most popular German Politician.

Eduard Bernstein was a socialist who believed that socialism could be achieved gradually through peaceful and democratic means.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eduard Bernstein ranks 1,167 out of 19,576. Before him are Matilda of Boulogne, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Cassander, Boniface I, Marquess of Montferrat, and Nikolai Yezhov. After him are Leo VI the Wise, Asa of Judah, Nebra, Maximilian II of Bavaria, Ancus Marcius, and Emperor Kōmei.

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Among people born in 1850, Eduard Bernstein ranks 10. Before him are Robert Louis Stevenson, Karl Ferdinand Braun, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Edward Smith, and Sofia Kovalevskaya. After him are Hermann Ebbinghaus, Charles Richet, John Collier, Mihai Eminescu, Pierre Loti, and Luigi Cadorna. Among people deceased in 1932, Eduard Bernstein ranks 5. Before him are Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Wilhelm Ostwald, Margaret Brown, and Sophia of Prussia. After him are Aristide Briand, Ronald Ross, Giuseppe Peano, Manuel II of Portugal, King C. Gillette, Paul Doumer, and Augusta, Lady Gregory.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eduard Bernstein ranks 294 out of 7,253. Before him are Walther Bothe (1891), Sepp Dietrich (1892), Caroline Herschel (1750), Albrecht Kossel (1853), Albert, Duke of Prussia (1490), and John of Austria (1547). After him are Ernst Ruska (1906), Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), Michael Ende (1929), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Frederica of Hanover (1917), and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Eduard Bernstein ranks 84. Before him are Konstantin von Neurath (1873), Irma Grese (1923), Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), Wilhelm Pieck (1876), Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629), and Joachim Gauck (1940). After him are Maximilian II of Bavaria (1811), Kurt von Schleicher (1882), Wilm Hosenfeld (1895), Christian I of Denmark (1426), Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856), and Helmut Schmidt (1918).

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