Jules Guesde, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jules Guesde

French journalist and politician

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1845

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 28-Jul-1922

Profession: writer, politician, journalist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Jules Bazile, known as Jules Guesde (French: [?yl g?d]; 11 November 1845 – 28 July 1922) was a French socialist journalist and politician. Guesde was the inspiration for a famous quotation by Karl Marx.
Shortly before Marx died in 1883, he wrote a letter to Guesde and Paul Lafargue, both of whom already claimed to represent "Marxist" principles.
Marx accused them of "revolutionary phrase-mongering".
This exchange is the source of Marx's remark, reported by Friedrich Engels: "ce qu'il y a de certain c'est que moi, je ne suis pas marxiste" ("what is certain is that [if they are Marxists], [then] I myself am not a Marxist").