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Andrew Carnegie & Karl Marx

Did Andrew Carnegie and Karl Marx live at the same time?

Yes. Andrew Carnegie and Karl Marx lived at the same time for 48 years, from 1835 to 1883.[1][2][3][4]

Andrew Carnegie · Karl Marx · Born in 1835 · Born in 1818

Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie
1835–1919
Business & Industry
Steel magnate, philanthropist
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
1818–1883
Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
18181919
Andrew Carnegie
Karl Marx
Andrew Carnegie
Business & Industry
Born in Dunfermline
Died in Lenox
Karl Marx
Philosophy & Thought
Born in Trier
Died in London

World Events During Their Overlap

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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Karl Marx & Richard Wagner
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Sources

  1. Andrew Carnegie — Wikipedia
  2. Andrew Carnegie (Q484265) — Wikidata
  3. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  4. Karl Marx (Q9061) — Wikidata