Eduard Heinrich David

German politician
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Also known as: Eduard Heinrich Rudolph David
Quick Facts
In full:
Eduard Heinrich Rudolph David
Born:
June 11, 1863, Ediger an der Mosel, Prussian Rhine Province [Germany]
Died:
December 24, 1930, Berlin, Germany (aged 67)
Political Affiliation:
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Subjects Of Study:
socialism

Eduard Heinrich David (born June 11, 1863, Ediger an der Mosel, Prussian Rhine Province [Germany]—died December 24, 1930, Berlin, Germany) was a leader of the revisionist wing of the German Social Democratic Party and a minister in the early years of the Weimar Republic (1919–33). As a young grammar school teacher, David founded (1893) the Socialist Mitteldeutsche Sonntagszeitung (“Mid-German Sunday News”); but his affiliation with the Social Democrats soon cost him his state employment. In a series of articles in August–September 1894 he criticized traditional Marxian theory as it applied to small farmers, thus somewhat anticipating the first works of ...(100 of 199 words)