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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 Marxist theorist and politician. A prominent member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Bernstein has been both condemned and praised as a "revisionist" who challenged major aspects of Karl Marx's thought. A key influence on the European social democratic movement, Bernstein argued for legal legislation over revolutionary action, and a gradual democratization and socialization of capitalist society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eduard Bernstein has received more than 721,201 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Eduard Bernstein is the 796th most popular politician (up from 802nd in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Germany (up from 222nd in 2019) and the 64th 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 796 out of 19,576. Before him are Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, İsmet İnönü, Enrico Dandolo, Robert the Bruce, Tony Blair, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. After him are Walter Ulbricht, Tamar of Georgia, Antiochus IV Epiphanes, Hideki Tojo, Gro Harlem Brundtland, and Taejong of Joseon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Eduard Bernstein ranks 6. Before him are Jack the Ripper, Guy de Maupassant, Robert Louis Stevenson, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, and Edward Smith. After him are Sofia Kovalevskaya, Karl Ferdinand Braun, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Charles Richet, Pierre Loti, and Mihai Eminescu. Among people deceased in 1932, Eduard Bernstein ranks 3. Before him are Wilhelm Ostwald, and Archduchess Gisela of Austria. After him are Manuel II of Portugal, Giuseppe Peano, Aristide Briand, Paul Doumer, Gustav Meyrink, Nadezhda Alliluyeva, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Errico Malatesta, and George Eastman.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Eduard Bernstein ranks 221 out of 7,253. Before him are Albert, Prince Consort (1819), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956), Ludwig Erhard (1897), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756), and Justus von Liebig (1803). After him are Walter Ulbricht (1893), Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), Hans Zimmer (1957), Max Stirner (1806), J. Hans D. Jensen (1907), and Matthias Grünewald (1480).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Eduard Bernstein ranks 64. Before him are Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086), Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), Karl Liebknecht (1871), Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956), and Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756). After him are Walter Ulbricht (1893), Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620), Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1710), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor (1016), and Kurt von Schleicher (1882).

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