Andreas Gottschalk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Andreas Gottschalk

German physician

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1815

Place of Birth: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 08-Sep-1849

Profession: physician, politician, revolutionary

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Andreas Gottschalk

  • Andreas Gottschalk (28 February 1815 in Düsseldorf – 8 September 1849) was a German physician.
  • He was a member of the Cologne community Communist League.
  • He was an exponent of the "Left" sectarian tendencies of the German working class movement.
  • He founded and became president in April 1848 of the Cologne Workers Association, which he led until he got arrested in June of that year.
  • He was released from jail in December.
  • After spending a short time abroad, he returned to Cologne, where he worked as a doctor for the poor until his death in the fall of 1849 having the previous year been "cheered on by a crowd of 5,000, called for the establishment of a revolutionary committee"as part of the 1848 revolts.
  • after contracting cholera himself.

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