> Atheist> Prominent German Political Actor> Don't really understand the guy you based your whole ideology off of> Connection to historically significant composer> Constantly competing and losing against their contemporaries> Overshadowed in modern studies by their contemporaries; studies of them can only be found in German or behind massive paywalls> Took part in the progressive movements of the time> Following a failed revolution to fulfill their progressive ideals, they become a conservative> Be Bruno Bauer; pic unrelated