Franz Mehring

Franz Mehring
Franz Mehring c. 1900
Born	(1846-02-27)27 February 1846 Sławno, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Died	28 January 1919(1919-01-28) (aged 72) Berlin, Germany
Alma mater	Leipzig University
Occupation(s)	Journalist, historian, philosopher, literary critic

Franz Erdmann Mehring (27 February 1846 – 28 January 1919) was a German communist historian, literary and art critic, philosopher, and revolutionary socialist politician who was a senior member of the Spartacus League during the German Revolution of 1918–1919.