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Laura Marx

1845 - 1911

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Jenny Laura Marx (26 September 1845 – 25 November 1911) was a socialist activist. The second daughter of Karl Marx and Jenny von Westphalen, she married revolutionary writer Paul Lafargue in 1868. The two died by suicide together in 1911. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laura Marx is the 1,228th most popular writer (down from 1,187th in 2019), the 165th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 149th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Belgian Writer.

Laura Marx is most famous for her work in the field of neurology. She was the first woman to receive a medical degree in Germany, and she was the first woman to be appointed as a professor of neurology at a German university.

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Among writers, Laura Marx ranks 1,228 out of 7,302. Before her are Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Hristo Botev, Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, Léo Taxil, Michel Verne, and Herrad of Landsberg. After her are Alexander Griboyedov, Karim Findi, Pierre de Marivaux, Egill Skallagrímsson, John William Polidori, and Gavrila Derzhavin.

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Among people born in 1845, Laura Marx ranks 23. Before her are John Sparrow David Thompson, Paul Vidal de La Blache, Edmond James de Rothschild, Ion Ivanovici, Leopold Auer, and Arthur MacArthur Jr.. After her are George Darwin, Fernand Cormon, Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Princess Sophie of Saxony, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and Jan Baudouin de Courtenay. Among people deceased in 1911, Laura Marx ranks 16. Before her are Emilio Salgari, Georg Jellinek, Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Mahboob Ali Khan, and Maria Pia of Savoy. After her are Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy, Valentin Serov, Williamina Fleming, Johan Svendsen, and Edward Whymper.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Laura Marx ranks 165 out of 1,190. Before her are Marc Dutroux (1956), André Franquin (1924), Blanche of Namur (1320), Heinrich Isaac (1450), John I, Duke of Brabant (1252), and Jan Matsys (1509). After her are Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962), John of Ruusbroec (1293), Abraham Brueghel (1631), Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872), Auguste Perret (1874), and Roger De Vlaeminck (1947).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Laura Marx ranks 9. Before her are Julio Cortázar (1914), Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), Émile Verhaeren (1855), Pierre Louÿs (1870), Marguerite Porete (1250), and Henri Michaux (1899). After her are John of Ruusbroec (1293), Georges Rodenbach (1855), Victor Serge (1890), Hugo Claus (1929), Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522), and J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856).

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