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DANIEL LAMBERT (1770-1809)

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 107 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DANIEL See also:LAMBERT (1770-1809)  , an Englishman famous for his See also:great See also:size, was See also:born near See also:Leicester on the 13th of See also:March 1770, the son of the keeper of the jail, to which See also:post he succeeded in 1791 . About this See also:time his size and See also:weight increased enormously, and though he had led an active and athletic See also:life he weighed in 1793 See also:thirty-two See also:stone (448 ih) . In 18o6 he resolved to profit by his notoriety, and resigning his See also:office went up to See also:London and exhibited himself . He died on the 21st of See also:July 1809, and at the time measured 5 ft . 1r in. in height and weighed 52$ stone (739 lb) . His waistcoat, now in the See also:Kings See also:Lynn Museum, See also:measures 102 in. See also:round the See also:waist . His See also:coffin contained 112 ft. of See also:elm and was built on wheels . His name has been used as a synonym for immensity . See also:George See also:Meredith describes London as the "See also:Daniel See also:Lambert of cities," and See also:Herbert See also:Spencer uses the phrase " a Daniel Lambert of learning." His enormous proportions were depicted on a number of See also:tavern signs, but the best portrait of him, a large See also:mezzotint, is preserved at the See also:British Museum in Lyson's Collectanea .

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