Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and George Berkeley alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and George Berkeley were alive at the same time for 42 years, from 1685 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 42 when George Berkeley was born.

George Berkeley was 42 when Isaac Newton died, aged 84.

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

Born 25 December 1642 (Julian calendar) · died 20 March 1727 (Julian calendar), aged 84

George Berkeley

Irish idealist philosopher and Anglican bishop

Born 12 March 1685 · died 14 January 1753, aged 67

  1. René Descartes
  2. Isaac Newton
  3. George Berkeley
  4. Johann Sebastian Bach
  5. Voltaire
  6. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  7. Immanuel Kant
  8. George Washington
  9. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Isaac Newton and George Berkeley 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.