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Charles Darwin & Fyodor Dostoevsky

Did Charles Darwin and Fyodor Dostoevsky live at the same time?

Yes. Charles Darwin and Fyodor Dostoevsky lived at the same time for 60 years, from 1821 to 1881.[1][2][3][4]

Charles Darwin · Fyodor Dostoevsky · Born in 1809 · Born in 1821

Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
1809–1882
Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1821–1881
Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
18091882
Charles Darwin
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Charles Darwin
Science & Invention
Born in The Mount
Died in Down House
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Literature
Born in Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor
Died in Saint Petersburg

World Events During Their Overlap

1825 First public railway opens in England
1833 Slavery abolished in British Empire
1838 First photograph of a person taken
1848 Revolutions of 1848 sweep Europe
1853 Crimean War begins
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

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Sources

  1. Charles Darwin — Wikipedia
  2. Charles Darwin (Q1035) — Wikidata
  3. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  4. Fyodor Dostoevsky (Q991) — Wikidata