Who Was Alive

Were Marco Polo and Duns Scotus alive at the same time?

Yes. Marco Polo and Duns Scotus were alive at the same time for 41 or 42 years, from 1266 to 1308.

Marco Polo was 11 or 12 when Duns Scotus was born.

Marco Polo was 54 when Duns Scotus died, aged 41 or 42.

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant

Born 15 September 1254 · died 8 January 1324, aged 69

Duns Scotus

Duns Scotus

Scottish priest and friar

Born 1266 · died 8 November 1308, aged 41 or 42

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Duns Scotus, 1266 – 1308
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374

Marco Polo and Duns Scotus in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Marco Polo and Duns Scotus were born

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