3782432 Karl Marx by Chesterton, Gilbert Keith (1874-1936); (add.info.: Karl Marx by Gilbert Keith Chesterton. The accompanying verse reads \'Karl Marx / Was completely wrapped up in sharks. / The poor creatures seriously missed him / While he was attacking the capitalist system\'. German philosopher and political economist and theorist, 5 May, 1818 ? 14 March, 1883. English writer, 29 May 1874 ? 14 June 1936 Taken from Biography for Beginners, ed. E Clerihew, published by T Werner Laurie in London, 1905.); Lebrecht History.