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Albert Einstein & Chinua Achebe

Did Albert Einstein and Chinua Achebe live at the same time?

Yes. Albert Einstein and Chinua Achebe lived at the same time for 25 years, from 1930 to 1955.[1][2][3][4]

Albert Einstein · Chinua Achebe · Born in 1879 · Born in 1930

Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
1879–1955
Science & Invention
Theory of relativity, E=mc²
Chinua Achebe
Chinua Achebe
1930–2013
Literature
Things Fall Apart, landmark of modern African literature
18792013
Albert Einstein
Chinua Achebe
Albert Einstein
Science & Invention
Born in Ulm
Died in Princeton
Chinua Achebe
Literature
Born in Ogidi
Died in Boston

World Events During Their Overlap

1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
1936 Spanish Civil War begins
1939 World War II begins
1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor; US enters WWII
1944 D-Day: Allied invasion of Normandy
1945 Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; WWII ends
1945 United Nations founded
1947 India and Pakistan gain independence
1948 State of Israel established
1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted
1949 People's Republic of China proclaimed
1950 Korean War begins
1953 Watson and Crick discover DNA structure
1955 Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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83 years overlap
Chinua Achebe & Margaret Thatcher
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Sources

  1. Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
  2. Albert Einstein (Q937) — Wikidata
  3. Chinua Achebe — Wikipedia
  4. Chinua Achebe (Q155845) — Wikidata