They called him the Gentle Giant. At 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall, Robert Wadlow was the tallest man to ever walk the Earth, at least in recorded history. Even if he was of normal stature, the people of ...
ALTON — A short story on the the front page of the July 6, 1940 Alton Evening Telegraph bared the first semblance of the sorrow to come for Alton’s 8-foot-11-inch, 439-pound boy wonder. “Robert Wadlow ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Robert Wadlow, the world's tallest man according to the Guinness Book of Records, was born on Feb. 22, 1918. The native of Alton, ...
ALTON – If the pituitary pace continued all 100 years for Robert Wadlow, Alton’s gentle giant would tower around 40 feet tall. Thursday marks that 100th birthday, as Altonians and well beyond reflect ...
Mr Wadlow suffered from a condition that caused hyperplasia of his pituitary gland A Twitter page, History in Color shared a picture of Robert Wadlow, also known as "The Giant of Illinois," from 1935.
It is always fascinating to look at people, things and events that give a very different perspective of the world; Highest, tallest, longest, biggest, largest all these superlative words excite our ...
The police had their hands full getting the 8-foot-8.25-inch Robert Wadlow in and out of a Missouri courtroom where he was suing Dr. Charles Humberd for diagnosing him as a “freak.” Even though an ...
They called him the Gentle Giant. At 8 feet, 11.1 inches tall, Robert Wadlow was the tallest man to ever walk the Earth, at least in recorded history. Even if he was of normal stature, the people of ...
The police had their hands full getting the 8-foot-8.25-inch Robert Wadlow in and out of a Missouri courtroom where he was suing Dr. Charles Humberd for diagnosing him as a “freak.” Even though an ...
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