Who Was Alive

Were Percy Bysshe Shelley and Charles Darwin alive at the same time?

Yes. Percy Bysshe Shelley and Charles Darwin were alive at the same time for 13 years, from 1809 to 1822.

Percy Bysshe Shelley was 16 when Charles Darwin was born.

Charles Darwin was 13 when Percy Bysshe Shelley died, aged 29.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

British Romantic poet

Born 4 August 1792 · died 8 July 1822, aged 29

Charles Darwin

English naturalist and biologist

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

  1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  2. Napoleon
  3. Percy Bysshe Shelley
  4. Charles Darwin
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Karl Marx
  7. Vladimir Lenin
  8. Albert Einstein
Percy Bysshe Shelley 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.