Charles Byrne (giant)
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charles-byrne-giant-169-13005267
title:
Charles Byrne (giant)
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Charles Byrne, or "The Irish Giant", was a man regarded as a curiosity or freak in London in the 1780s for
his large stature. Byrne's exact height is of some conjecture. Some accounts refer to him as being 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) to 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) tall, but skeletal evidence places him at just over 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m). His skeleton was on display at the Hunterian Museum in London from 1799 until it was removed from public display in 2023.
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encyclopedia
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Irish entertainer (1761–1783)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Byrne_(giant)
date created:
2005-08-18T15:38:45Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T16:09:01Z
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