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Arthur Conan Doyle & Thomas Edison

Did Arthur Conan Doyle and Thomas Edison live at the same time?

Yes. Arthur Conan Doyle and Thomas Edison lived at the same time for 71 years, from 1859 to 1930.[1][2][3][4]

Arthur Conan Doyle · Thomas Edison · Born in 1859 · Born in 1847

Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
1859–1930
Literature
Creator of Sherlock Holmes
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
1847–1931
Science & Invention
Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents
18471931
Arthur Conan Doyle
Thomas Edison
Arthur Conan Doyle
Literature
Born in Edinburgh
Died in Crowborough
Thomas Edison
Science & Invention
Born in Milan
Died in West Orange

World Events During Their Overlap

1859 Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species
1861 American Civil War begins
1865 Abolition of slavery in the United States
1869 Suez Canal opens
1871 Unification of Germany
1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
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

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Sources

  1. Arthur Conan Doyle — Wikipedia
  2. Arthur Conan Doyle (Q35610) — Wikidata
  3. Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
  4. Thomas Edison (Q8743) — Wikidata