German publicist, politician and historian
Franz Mehring (1846-1919) was a German historian, journalist, and politician. He was born in Sławno on February 27, 1846 and died in Berlin on January 29, 1919. Mehring held German citizenship.
Mehring's education included time at Humboldt University of Berlin and Leipzig University. In his career, he was one of the founders of the Spartacus League, a Marxist revolutionary movement in Germany.