See also:

• DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)  , the See also:

• TERM

term generally used to describe an extraordinarily under-sized individual of a See also:

• RACE

race of normal stature (for See also:

• DWARF (A.S. dweorg, D. dwerg, Icel. dvergr)

dwarf-races see See also:

• PYGMY, or PIGMY (Gr. avy,uavos, from avypij, a Greek measure of length corresponding to " the distance between the elbow and knuckles " of a man of average size)

PYGMY.) In Scandinavian See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology the word connoted smallness and deformity, and was used of the elfins and goblins who were supposed to live on the mountains or in the bowels of the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth, and to be See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings of metals and mines . The later use of the word certainly does not imply deformity, for many of the dwarfs of See also:

• HISTORY

history have been singularly graceful and well formed . Dwarfishness is, however, often accompanied by disproportion of the limbs . From the earliest historic times dwarfs attracted See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention, and there was much competition on the See also:

• PART

part of kings and the wealthy to obtain the little folk as attendants . It is certain that members of the tiny See also:

• AKKA (TIKKI-TI%II)

Akka race of See also:

• EQUATORIAL

Equatorial See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa figured at the courts of the Pharaohs of the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early dynasties and were much valued . See also:

• PHILETAS

Philetas of See also:

• COS
• COS, or STANKO (Ital. Stanchio, Turk. Islan-keui, by corruption from Etc rav KW)

Cos, poet and grammarian (circa 330 B.C.), See also:

• TUTOR (Lat. tutor, guardian, tueri, to watch over, protect)

tutor of See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy Philadelphus, was alleged to be so tiny that he had to See also:

• WEAR

wear leaden shoes lest he should be blown away . The See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans practised artificial dwarfing, and the Latin nanus or pumilo were terms alternatively used to describe the natural and unnatural dwarf . Julia, the niece of See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus, had a dwarf named Coropas 2 ft . 4 in. high, and a freed-maid See also:

• ANDROMEDA

Andromeda who measured the same . Various recipes for dwarfing See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children have been from See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to time in See also:

• VOGUE, EUGENE MELCHIOR, COMTE DE (1848- )

vogue . The most effective, according to See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report, was to anoint the backbone with the grease of moles, bats and dormice . The stunting of the growth of See also:

• STABLE

stable-boys who aspire to See also:

• JOCKEY

jockey's honours is in no sense true dwarfing .

In later days there have been many dwarf-favourites at See also:

• EUROPEAN

European courts . See also:

• BRITISH

British tradition has its earliest dwarf mentioned in the old ballad which begins " In See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur's See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court Tom Thumb did live "; and on this See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence the prototype of the See also:

• MODERN

modern Tom Thumb is alleged to have lived at the court of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• EDGAR (EADGAR)
• EDGAR, or EADGAR (c. 1050-c. 1130)

Edgar . Of See also:

• AUTHENTIC (from Gr. aOO 'rns, one who does a thing himself)

authentic See also:

• ENGLISH

English dwarfs the first appears to be See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• JARVIS, JOHN WESLEY (178o-1840)

Jarvis (2 ft. high), who was See also:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

page to See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary I . Her See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• EDWARD

Edward VI. had his dwarf Xit . But the first English dwarf of whom there is anything like an authentic history is Jeffery See also:

• HUDSON
• HUDSON, GEORGE (180o-1871)
• HUDSON, HENRY
• HUDSON, JOHN (1662–1719)

Hudson (1619-1682) . He was the son of a See also:

• BUTCHER

butcher at See also:

• OAKHAM

Oakham, Rutlandshire, who kept and baited bulls for See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• VILLIERS, CHARLES PELHAM (1802-1898)

Villiers, first See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• BUCKINGHAM
• BUCKINGHAM, EARLS, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• BUCKINGHAM, FIRST DUKE
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 1ST DUKE 0E1
• BUCKINGHAM, GEORGE VILLIERS, 2ND DUKE 0E1 (1628-1687)
• BUCKINGHAM, HENRY STAFFORD, 2ND DUKE OF3 (1454-1483)
• BUCKINGHAM, JAMES SILK (1786-1855)

Buckingham . Neither of Jeffery's parents was under-sized, yet at nine years he measured scarcely 18 in., though he was gracefully proportioned . At a See also:

• DINNER

dinner given by the duke to See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles I. and his queen he was brought in to table in a See also:

• PIE

pie out of which he stepped, and was at once adopted by Henrietta Maria . The little See also:

• FELLOW

fellow followed the fortunes of the court in the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and is said to have been a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain of See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, earning the See also:

• NICKNAME

nickname of " strenuous Jeffery " for his activity . He fought two duels—one with a See also:

• TURKEY

turkey-See also:

• COCK, EDWARD (1805-1892)

cock, a See also:

• BATTLE

battle recorded by See also:

• DAVENANT (or D'AVENANT), SIR WILLIAM (1606-1668)
• DAVENANT, CHARLES (1656-1714)

Davenant, and a second with Mr Crofts, who came to the See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting with a squirt, but who in the more serious encounter which ensued was shot dead by little Hudson, who fired from horseback, the See also:

• SADDLE (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Sattel, Dut. zadel, also in Russ. siedlo and Lat. sella, for sedla; it is not derived directly from Lat. sedile, which means a chair, but all the words are to be referred to the root sad-, which gives

saddle putting him on a level with his antagonist . Twice was Jeffery made prisoner—once by the Dunkirkers as he was returning from See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, whither he had been on homely business for the queen; the second time was when he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish pirates . His sufferings during this latter captivity made him, he declared, grow, and in his thirtieth See also:

• YEAR

year, having been of the same height since he was nine, he steadily increased until he was 3 ft .

9 in . At the Restoration he returned to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, where he lived on a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension granted him by the duke of Buckingham . He was later accused of participation in the Popish See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

Plot," and was imprisoned in the See also:

• GATE

Gate See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House . He was released and shortly after died in the sixty-third year of his See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age . Contemporary with Hudson were the two other dwarfs of Henrietta Maria, See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard See also:

• GIBSON, CHARLES DANA (1867- )
• GIBSON, EDMUND (1669-1748)
• GIBSON, JOHN (1790-1866)
• GIBSON, THOMAS MILNER (1806-1884)
• GIBSON, WILLIAM HAMILTON (1850-1896)

Gibson and his wife See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne . They were married by the queen's wish; and the two together measured only 2 in. over 7 ft . They had nine children, five of whom, who lived, were of See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary stature . See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund See also:

• WALLER, EDMUND (1606-1687)
• WALLER, LEWIS (186o- )
• WALLER, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1597-1668)

Waller celebrated the nuptials, See also:

• EVELYN, JOHN (1620-1706)

Evelyn designated the See also:

• HUSBAND

husband as the " compendium of a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man," and See also:

• LELY, SIR PETER (1617—168o)

Lely painted them See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand in hand . Gibson was See also:

• MINIATURE

miniature painter to Charles I., and See also:

• DRAWING

drawing-See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master to the daughters of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James II., Queens Mary and Anne, when they were children . This See also:

• CUMBERLAND
• CUMBERLAND, DUKES AND EARLS OF
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1632-1718)
• CUMBERLAND, RICHARD (1732-1811)
• CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Cumberland pygmy, who began his career as a page, first in a " See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle," next in the royal See also:

• FAMILY

family, died in 169o, in his seventy-fifth year, and is buried in St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul's, Covent See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden . The last court dwarf in England was Coppernin, a lively little See also:

• IMP
• IMP (O. Eng. impa, a graft, shoot; the verb impian is cognate with Ger. impfen, to graft, inoculate, and the Fr. enter; the ultimate origin is probably the Gr. 'µ4uety, to implant, cf. Et.A4Uros, engrafted)

imp in the service of the princess (See also:

• AUGUSTA

Augusta) of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, the See also:

• MOTHER

mother of George III . The last dwarf See also:

• RETAINER (from " retain," Lat. retinere, to hold back, keep)

retainer in a gentle-man's family was the one kept by Mr See also:

• BECKFORD, WILLIAM (1760–1844)

Beckford, the author of Vathek and builder of Fonthill .

He was rather too big to be flung from one See also:

• GUEST (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Gast, and Swed. gust; cognate with Lat. hostis, originally a stranger, hence enemy; cf. " host " )
• GUEST, EDWIN (1800–188o)

guest to another, as used to be the See also:

• CUSTOM (from O. Fr. costume, costume or coustume; Low Lat. costuma, a shortened form of consuetudo)

custom at dinners in earlier days when a dwarf was a " See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity " for every See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble family . Of European court dwarfs the most famous were those of See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip IV. of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, the hunchbacks whose features have been immortalized by See also:

• VELAZQUEZ, DIEGO RODRIGUEZ DE SILVA Y (1599-166o)

Velazquez . Stanislas, king of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, owned See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas See also:

• FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
• FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

Ferry (Bebe), who measured 2 ft . 9 in . He was one of three dwarf children of See also:

• PEASANT (O. Fr. paysant, Mod. paysan; Lat. pagensis, belonging to the pagus or country; cf. " pagan ")

peasant parents in the See also:

• VOSGES
• VOSGES (Lat. Vogesus or Vosagus, Ger. Wasgau or Vogesen)

Vosges . He died in his 23rd year (1764) . But Bebe was not so remarkable as Richebourg, who died in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris in 1858, at the age of 9o . He was only 23 in. high . He began See also:

• LIFE

life as a servant in the See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans family . In later years he was their pensioner . He is said to have been put to See also:

• STRANGE, SIR ROBERT (1721-1792)

strange use in the Revolution—passing in and out of Paris as an See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant in a See also:

• NURSE (a shortened form of the earlier " nourice," adapted through the French from Lat. nutrix, nu/rite, to nourish)

nurse's arms, but with despatches, dangerous to carry, in the little man's baby-wrappings ! Of dwarfs exhibited in England, the most celebrated was the See also:

• POLE (FAMILY)
• POLE, REGINALD (1500-1558)
• POLE, RICHARD DE LA (d. 1525)
• POLE, WILLIAM (1814—1900)

pole, Borulwaski (1739- 1R3;). six he measured 17 in., andhe finally in his thirtieth year reached 39 in .

He had a See also:

• SISTER

sister shorter than himself by the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head and shoulders . Borulwaski was a handsome man, a wit, and something of a See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar . He travelled over all See also:

• EUROPE

Europe; and he—See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the reign of George II.—died in his well-earned retirement near See also:

• DURHAM
• DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL OF (1792–1840)

Durham, in the reign of See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria . Borulwaski lies buried at Durham by the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the Falstaffian See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen See also:

• KEMBLE
• KEMBLE, JOHN MITCHELL (1807-1857)

Kemble . The companionship reminds one of that of the dwarf See also:

• SKELETON

skeleton of See also:

• JONATHAN
• JONATHAN (Heb. " Yah [weh] gives ")

Jonathan See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

Wild by the side of that of the Irish See also:

• GIANT (O.E. geant, through Fr. giant, O.Fr. gaiant, jaiant, jeant, med. pop. Lat. gagante—cf. Ital. gigante—by assimilation from gigantem, ace. of Lat. gigas, Gr. yiyas)

Giant, at the Royal See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of Surgeons, See also:

• LONDON

London . In the year in which Borulwaski died, Charles Stratton, better known as " See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General Tom Thumb," was born . When twenty-five he was 31 in. high . In 1844 he appeared in England, where he had an extraordinary success . One result of his See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season at the See also:

• EGYPTIAN

Egyptian See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall, London, was to kill See also:

• HAYDON, BENJAMIN ROBERT (1786-1846)

Haydon the painter . The latter presented his See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WORK

work " The Banishment of See also:

• ARISTIDES
• ARISTIDES ['Apuvrei817s] (c. 530—468 B.C.)
• ARISTIDES, AELIUS
• ARISTIDES, APOLOGY OF
• ARISTIDES, QUINTILIANUS

Aristides " for See also:

• EXHIBITION

exhibition in the same See also:

• BUILDING

building . The public rushed to see the dwarf . He took £600 the first See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week, while Haydon's master-piece See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew but £7, 13s .

The result was that the artist committed See also:

• SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

suicide in despair . After extensive travel in both hemispheres, Stratton again visited England in 1857, but the dwarf man, despite many See also:

• PERSONAL

personal and intellectual qualities, was less attractive than the dwarf boy . In the year 1863 the " General " married the very See also:

• MINUTE
• MINUTE (Lat. minutes, small; minuere, to make less)

minute See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady, Lavinia See also:

• WARREN
• WARREN, GOUVERNEUR KEMBLE (183o-1882)
• WARREN, JOSEPH (1741—1775)
• WARREN, MERCY (1728—1814)
• WARREN, MINTON (1850-1907)
• WARREN, SAMUEL (1807-1877)
• WARREN, SIR JOHN BORLASE, BART
• WARREN, WILLIAM (1812-1888)

Warren (born in 1842) . He died on the 15th of See also:

• JULY

July 1883 . Other modern dwarfs include Signor Hervio Nano, who played at the Olympic See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

Theatre, London, in 1843; three Highlanders named MacKinlay, children of a Scots shepherd, the shortest of whom was 45 in.; a Spaniard, See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don Francisco See also:

• HIDALGO
• HIDALGO (a Spanish word, contracted from hijo d'algo or hijo de algo, son of something, or somewhat)

Hidalgo (29 in.); a Dutchman, See also:

• JAN

Jan Hannema (28 in.); and Mary Jane Youngman (See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia), who at fifteen was 35 in. high . She was called the " dwarf-giantess " because she was 3 ft . 6 in. See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round the shoulders, 4 ft . 3 in. round the See also:

• WAIST

waist, and 2 ft. round the See also:

• LEG
• LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)

leg . Much See also:

• INTEREST

interest was aroused by the so-called Aztec dwarfs who were exhibited in London in 1853 . In 1867 the pair were married, the ceremony being publicly performed, and the See also:

• BRIDE (a common Teutonic word, e.g..Goth. bruths, O. Eng. bryd, O. H. Ger. prs2t, Mod. Ger. Bract, Dut. bruid, possibly derived from the root bru-, cook, brew; from the med. latinized form bruta, in the sense of daughter-in-law, is derived the Fr. bru)

bride's See also:

• ROBES (Fr. robe, Late Lat. roba, raupa, meaning (1)

robes are said to have cost no less than £2000 . The See also:

• WEDDING

wedding-breakfast was held at See also:

• WILLIS, NATHANIEL PARKER (1806-1867)
• WILLIS, THOMAS (1621-1675)

Willis's Rooms . From time to time other dwarfs have been exhibited, among whom the most remarkable has been Che-mah, a See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese, 42 years old and 25 in. high, who appeared in London in 1880 .

George See also:

• PROUT, SAMUEL (1783–1852)
• PROUT, WILLIAM (1785-1850)

Prout (1774-1851), who was less than 3 ft. high, was a well-known See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character in London in the early Victorian See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, as a messenger at the Houses of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

Parliament . See E . J . See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

Wood, Giants and Dwarfs (186o) .