Stephen Born, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stephen Born

typesetter (1824-1898)

Date of Birth: 28-Dec-1824

Place of Birth: Leszno, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 04-May-1898

Profession: writer, politician, university teacher, journalist, revolutionary, typesetter, philosopher, trade unionist

Nationality: Switzerland, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Stephan Born (birthname Simon Buttermilch; 28 December 1824 – 4 May 1898) was a German typesetter and revolutionary. He was born in Lissa, Prussian Province of Posen (Leszno, Poland) in 1824 and moved to Berlin in 1840.
Born was a member of the Communist League, but his philosophy was more inclined toward reformism during the 1848-1849 revolution.
Born was the supreme commander of the insurgency in the town of Dresden in 1849.
After the defeat of the uprisings of 1849, Born left the worker's movement.
He died in 1898 in Basel, Switzerland.