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After meeting in the 1840s, Burns and Engels formed a relationship that lasted until Burns' sudden death at the age of 41 on 7 January 1863. Although the custom of the day was marriage, the two politically opposed the bourgeois institution of marriage [citation needed] and never married.
Nov 4, 2020 · There he met and fell in love with Mary Burns, with whom he covertly lived for the rest of her life.
Aug 1, 2013 · Mary Burns’ younger sister, Lizzie, c.1865. Lizzie lived with Engels after her sister died, and married him a day before she herself died. No image of Mary is known to exist. Public Domain
Nov 25, 2020 · Engels decided never to marry. He lived first with Mary Burns, and following her early death, with her sister Lydia (Lizzie) as his partners. In order to do so, he effectively led a double life.
Feb 3, 2016 · It was news to McCrea – as it probably is to most Irish people these days – that this woman was involved in a long-term relationship with Friedrich Engels as he and Karl Marx developed and refined...
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Nov 2, 2020 · Engels decided never to marry. He lived first with Mary Burns and, following her early death, with her sister Lydia (Lizzie). In effect he led a double life: one as a manager in his father’s factory, the other in a suburban cottage rented under an alias for Mary and Lizzie, his real home.
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Apr 24, 2010 · Lizzie Burns (1827-78), described by Engels as “a real child of the Irish proletariat”, subsequently became Engels’s wife, though they were not officially married until the day before her death.