Louis Kugelmann

Louis Kugelmann, or Ludwig Kugelmann (February 19, 1828, Lemförde - January 9, 1902 Hannover) was a German gynecologist, social democratic thinker and activist, and confidant of Marx and Engels.

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He met with Karl Marx several times, visited him in Hannover, and exchanged letters with him during the period 1862 to 1875. He was a member of the International Workingmen's Association and later the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

References

• Martin Hundt, Louis Kugelmann. Eine Biographie des Arztes und Freundes von Karl Marx und Friedrich Engels, Dietz, Berlin, 1974
• Karl Marx, Briefe an Kugelmann, Prolit-Buchvertrieb, Gießen, 1972
• Peter Schulze, Kugelmann article in: Hannoversches biographisches Lexikon. Von den Anfängen bis in die Gegenwart, Schlüter, Hannover, 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 p 217
• Harald Storz, Louis Kugelmann. Arzt aus Lemförde. - in: Fundstücke. Nachrichten und Beiträge zur Geschichte der Juden in Niedersachsen und Bremen, Hannover, Heft, 3 (2004), pp 8-9
• Norbert Weinitschke, Kugelmann. Wermuth und Fabrikkassen in Hannover. - in: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter N.F., 37 (1983), pp 85-97