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James Clerk Maxwell & Karl Marx

Did James Clerk Maxwell and Karl Marx live at the same time?

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

James Clerk Maxwell · Karl Marx · Born in 1831 · Born in 1818

James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell
1831–1879
Science & Invention
Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
1818–1883
Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
18181883
James Clerk Maxwell
Karl Marx
James Clerk Maxwell
Science & Invention
Born in Edinburgh
Died in Cambridge
Karl Marx
Philosophy & Thought
Born in Trier
Died in London

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. James Clerk Maxwell — Wikipedia
  2. James Clerk Maxwell (Q9095) — Wikidata
  3. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  4. Karl Marx (Q9061) — Wikidata