Giants in Real Life

Anak , father of the Anakim. The Hebrew spies said they themselves were mere gra hoppers in comparison to these giants.— Josh. xv. 14; Judges i. 20; Numb. xiii. 33. Anak , 7 feet 8 inches at the age of 26. Exhibited in London, 1862-5. Born at Ram on champ, in the Vosges (1 syl. ), 1840. His real name was Joseph Brice. Andron´icus II. , 10 feet. Grandson of Alexius Comnēnus. Nicetas a erts that he had seen him. Bamford ( Edward ), 7 feet 4 inches. Died in 1768, and was buried in St. Dunstan’s Churchyard. Bates ( Captain ), 7 feet 11 inches; of Kentucky. Exhibited in London, 1871. Blacker ( Henry ), 7 feet 4 inches, and most symmetrical. Born at Cuckfield, Su ex, in 1724. Generally called “The British Giant.” Bradley , 7 feet 8 inches at death. Born at Market Weight on, in Yorkshire. His right hand is preserved in the museum of the College of Surgeons (1798-1820). Brice ( Joseph ), 7 feet 8 inches. His hand could span 15½ inches. Busby ( John ), 7 feet 9 inches; of Darfield. His brother was about the same height. Chang-Woo-Goo , 7 feet 6 inches; of Fychou. The Chinese giant. Exhibited in London, 1865-6. Charlemagne , 8 feet nearly. He could squeeze together three horse-shoes at once with his hands. Cotter ( Patrick ), 8 feet 7½ inches. The Irish giant. A cast of his hand is preserved in the museum of the College of Surgeons (died 1802). Elea´zer , 7 cubits (10 feet 6 inches). The Jewish giant mentioned by Joseph us. He lived in the reign of Vitelli us. Eleizegue ( Joachim ), 7 feet 10 inches. The Spanish giant. Exhibited in London. Evans ( William ), 8 feet at death. Porter to Charles I. (died 1632). Frank ( Big ), 7 feet 8 inches; weight 22 stone; girth round the chest, 58 inches. He was an Irish man, whose name was Francis Sheridan (died 1870). Frenz ( Louis ), 7 feet 4 inches. The French giant. Gabara , 9 feet 9 inches. An Arabian giant. Pliny says he was the tallest man seen in the days of Claudius. Gilly , 8 feet. A Swede; exhibited as a show in the early part of the nineteenth century. Goli´ath , 6 cubits and a span (? 9 feet 4 inches).—1 Sam. xvii. 4, etc. His “brother” was also a giant.—2 Sam. xxi. 19; 1 Chron. xx. 5. Gordon ( Alice ), 7 feet. An E ex giante (died 1737). Hale ( Robert ), 7 feet 6 inches; born at Somerton. Generally called “The Norfolk Giant” (1820-1862). Har´drad a ( Harold ), “5 ells of Norway in height” (nearly 8 feet). The Norway giant. La Pierre , 7 feet 1 inch; of Stratgard, in Denmark. Louis , 7 feet 4 inches. The French giant. His left hand is preserved in the museum of the College of Surgeons. Loushkin , 8 feet 5 inches. The Ru ian giant, and drum-major of the Imperial Guards. M’Donald ( James ), 7 feet 6 inches; of Cork (died 1760). M’Donald ( Samuel ), 6 feet 10 inches. A Scotch man; usually called “Big Sam” (died 1802). Magrath ( Cornel i us ), 7 feet 8 inches. He was an orphan, reared by Bishop Berkley, and died at the age of 20 (1740-1760). Maximi´nus , 8 feet 6 inches. The Roman emperor (235-238). Mellon ( Edmund ), 7 feet 6 inches. Born at Port Leicester, Ireland (1665-1684). Middle ton ( John ), 9 feet 3 inches. “His hand was 17 inches long, and 8½ inches broad.” He was born at Hale, in Lancashire, in the reign of James I.—Dr. Plott, History of Staff ords hire . Miller ( Maximilian Christopher ), 8 feet. His hand measured 12 inches, and his fore-finger 9 inches long. The Saxon giant. Died in London (1674-1734). Murphy , 8 feet 10 inches. An Irish giant, contemporary with O’Brien. Died at Marseilles. O’Brien or Charles Byrne , 8 feet 4 inches. The Irish giant. His skeleton is preserved in the museum of the College of Surgeons (1761-1783). Og , king of Bashan. “His bed was 9 cubits by 4 cubits” (? 13½ feet by 6 feet).— Deut. iii. 11. ⁂ The Great Bed of Ware is 12 feet by 12 feet. Osen ( He in rich ), 7 feet 6 inches; weight, 300 lbs. or 37-1/4 stone. Born in Norway. Porus , an Indian king who fought against Alexander near the river Hydaspês ( B.C. 327). He was a giant “5 cubits in height” [7½ feet], with strength in proportion.—Quintus Curtius, De rebus gest is Alexandri Magni . Riechart ( J. H. ), 8 feet 3 inches, of Friedberg. His father and mother were both giants. Salmeron ( Martin ), 7 feet 4 inches. A Mexican. Sam ( Big ), 6 feet 10 inches. (See “M’Donald.”) Sheridan ( Francis ), 7 feet 8 inches. (See “Frank.”) Swan ( Mi Anne Hanen ), 7 feet 11 inches; of Nova Scotia. ⁂ In 1682, a giant 7 feet 7 inches was exhibited in Dublin. A Swede 8 feet 6 inches was in the body-guard of a king of Pru ia. A human skeleton 8 feet 6 inches is preserved in the museum of Trinity College, Dublin. Be can us says he had seen a man nearly 10 feet high, and a woman fully 10 feet. Gasper Bauhin speaks of a Swi 8 feet in height. Del Rio says he saw a Pied montes in 1572 more than 9 feet in stature. C.S.F. Warren, M.A., says (in Notes and Queries , August 14, 1875) that his father knew a lady 9 feet high; “her head touched the ceiling of a good-sized room.” Van der brook says he saw a black man, at Congo, 9 feet high.