August Gebert

August Gebert was born in Mecklenburg, Germany and was a joiner by profession. He became a member of the Communist League while living in Switzerland. He continued to participate in the Communist League when he moved to London in 1850. There he became a part of the sectarian Willich-Schapper group within the Communist League, which is known for expelling Marx and Engels. In London he was the chair of the CABV (German Communist Workers' Educational Union) Whitechapel branch.

References

1 2 Christine Lattek (2006). Revolutionary refugees: German socialism in Britain, 1840-1860. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-7146-5100-2. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
↑ Biographical note contained in the Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: Volume 10 (International Publishers: New York, 1978) p. 720.

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[Lattek2006-1] 1 2 Christine Lattek (2006). Revolutionary refugees: German socialism in Britain, 1840-1860. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-7146-5100-2. Retrieved 2011-07-18.

[2] Biographical note contained in the Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: Volume 10 (International Publishers: New York, 1978) p. 720.