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Albert Einstein & Maxim Gorky

Did Albert Einstein and Maxim Gorky live at the same time?

Yes. Albert Einstein and Maxim Gorky lived at the same time for 57 years, from 1879 to 1936.[1][2][3][4]

Albert Einstein · Maxim Gorky · Born in 1879 · Born in 1868

Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
1879–1955
Science & Invention
Theory of relativity, E=mc²
Maxim Gorky
Maxim Gorky
1868–1936
Literature
Russian writer of The Lower Depths
18681955
Albert Einstein
Maxim Gorky
Albert Einstein
Science & Invention
Born in Ulm
Died in Princeton
Maxim Gorky
Literature
Born in Nizhny Novgorod
Died in Gorki-10

World Events During Their Overlap

1884 Berlin Conference partitions Africa
1893 New Zealand becomes first country to grant women's suffrage
1896 First modern Olympic Games in Athens
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers achieve powered flight
1905 Einstein publishes theory of special relativity
1912 Sinking of the Titanic
1914 World War I begins
1917 Russian Revolution
1918 World War I ends; Spanish flu pandemic begins
1919 Treaty of Versailles signed
1920 League of Nations established
1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
1929 Wall Street Crash; Great Depression begins
1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
1936 Spanish Civil War begins

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Sources

  1. Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
  2. Albert Einstein (Q937) — Wikidata
  3. Maxim Gorky — Wikipedia
  4. Maxim Gorky (Q12706) — Wikidata