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Karl Marx & Ralph Waldo Emerson

Did Karl Marx and Ralph Waldo Emerson live at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Ralph Waldo Emerson lived at the same time for 64 years, from 1818 to 1882.[1][2][3][4]

Karl Marx · Ralph Waldo Emerson · Born in 1818 · Born in 1803

Karl Marx
Karl Marx
1818–1883
Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803–1882
Philosophy & Thought
Transcendentalist essayist of Self-Reliance
18031883
Karl Marx
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Karl Marx
Philosophy & Thought
Born in Trier
Died in London
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Philosophy & Thought
Born in Boston
Died in Concord

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. Ralph Waldo Emerson — Wikipedia
  4. Ralph Waldo Emerson (Q48226) — Wikidata