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Charles Darwin & James Clerk Maxwell

Did Charles Darwin and James Clerk Maxwell live at the same time?

Yes. Charles Darwin and James Clerk Maxwell lived at the same time for 48 years, from 1831 to 1879.[1][2][3][4]

Charles Darwin · James Clerk Maxwell · Born in 1809 · Born in 1831

Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
1809–1882
Science & Invention
Theory of evolution by natural selection
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell
1831–1879
Science & Invention
Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism
18091882
Charles Darwin
James Clerk Maxwell
Charles Darwin
Science & Invention
Born in The Mount
Died in Down House
James Clerk Maxwell
Science & Invention
Born in Edinburgh
Died in Cambridge

World Events During Their Overlap

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. James Clerk Maxwell — Wikipedia
  4. James Clerk Maxwell (Q9095) — Wikidata