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Roald Amundsen & Thomas Edison

Did Roald Amundsen and Thomas Edison live at the same time?

Yes. Roald Amundsen and Thomas Edison lived at the same time for 56 years, from 1872 to 1928.[1][2][3][4]

Roald Amundsen · Thomas Edison · Born in 1872 · Born in 1847

Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen
1872–1928
Exploration
First to reach the South Pole
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison
1847–1931
Science & Invention
Light bulb, phonograph, 1000+ patents
18471931
Roald Amundsen
Thomas Edison
Roald Amundsen
Exploration
Born in Borge Municipality
Died in Arctic Ocean
Thomas Edison
Science & Invention
Born in Milan
Died in West Orange

World Events During Their Overlap

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

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Sources

  1. Roald Amundsen — Wikipedia
  2. Roald Amundsen (Q926) — Wikidata
  3. Thomas Edison — Wikipedia
  4. Thomas Edison (Q8743) — Wikidata