Johann Eccarius

Johann Georg Eccarius (23 August 1818, Friedrichroda - 4 March 1889) was a Thuringian tailor and labour activist. He was a member of the League of the Just and later of the League of Communists and the International Workingmen's Association.^[1] Here he served jointly with Marx on General Council for a number of years. Following quarrels with Marx in 1872, he joined the English trade union movement. In the late 1870s, he was active in the Manhood Suffrage League.^[2][3]

References

1. ^ Biographical note contained in the Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: Volume 10 (International Publishers: New York, 1978) p. 718.
2. ^ E. P. Thompson, William Morris, pp.281-282
3. ^ Paul Laity, The British Peace Movement, 1870-1914