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Karl Marx & Walt Whitman

Did Karl Marx and Walt Whitman live at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Walt Whitman lived at the same time for 64 years, from 1819 to 1883.[1][2][3][4]

Karl Marx · Walt Whitman · Born in 1818 · Born in 1819

Karl Marx
Karl Marx
1818–1883
Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
1819–1892
Literature
Leaves of Grass, father of free verse
18181892
Karl Marx
Walt Whitman
Karl Marx
Philosophy & Thought
Born in Trier
Died in London
Walt Whitman
Literature
Born in West Hills
Died in Camden

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. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  2. Karl Marx (Q9061) — Wikidata
  3. Walt Whitman — Wikipedia
  4. Walt Whitman (Q81438) — Wikidata