Who Was Alive

Were Edward Jenner and Charles Darwin alive at the same time?

Yes. Edward Jenner and Charles Darwin were alive at the same time for 13 years, from 1809 to 1823.

Edward Jenner was 59 when Charles Darwin was born.

Charles Darwin was 13 when Edward Jenner died, aged 73.

Edward Jenner

English physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination

Born 17 May 1749 · died 26 January 1823, aged 73

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist

Born 12 February 1809 · died 19 April 1882, aged 73

  1. Edward Jenner
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
Edward Jenner and Charles Darwin in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.