August Gebert

August Gebert was born in Mecklenburg, Germany and was a joiner by profession. He became a member of the Communist League while living in Switzerland. He continued to participate in the Communist League when he moved to London in 1850.^[1] There he became a part of the sectarian Willich-Schapper group within the Communist League, which is known for expelling Marx and Engels.^[2] In London he was the chair of the CABV (German Communist Workers' Educational Union) Whitechapel branch.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Christine Lattek (2006). Revolutionary refugees: German socialism in Britain, 1840-1860. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-7146-5100-2. Retrieved 2011-07-18.
^ Biographical note contained in the Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: Volume 10 (International Publishers: New York, 1978) p. 720.

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[Lattek2006-1] Christine Lattek (2006). Revolutionary refugees: German socialism in Britain, 1840-1860. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-7146-5100-2. Retrieved 2011-07-18.

[2] Biographical note contained in the Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: Volume 10 (International Publishers: New York, 1978) p. 720.

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