Robert Wadlow - tallest man in recorded history

 

Robert Pershing Wadlow(tallest person in history) (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940) was the tallest person in history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. Wadlow is sometimes known as the Alton Giant or Giant of Illinois because of his upbringing in Alton, Illinois.

Robert reached 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 meters) in height and weighed 485 lb (220 kg) at his death at age 22. His great size and his continued growth in adulthood was due to hypertrophy of his pituitary gland which results in an abnormally high level of human growth hormone. He showed no indication of an end to his growth even at the time of his death.

Robert's body was brought back to his home town of Alton for burial. The 1,000-pound casket required a dozen pallbearers, assisted by eight other men. Out of respect for Alton's Gentle Giant, all city businesses closed for the funeral. Over 40,000 people signed the guest register. Robert's gravestone simply reads "At Rest."
Robert Wadlow holds a special place in Alton's history. He is remembered as a quiet young man who overcame a unique handicap, and who was an inspiration to all of those that knew him.

Fabiano Luigi Caruana: Who a chess prodigy who became the youngest Grandmaster at age 14

Fabiano Caruana was born on July 30, 1992 in Miami, Florida of an Italian-American father and an Italian mother.He is a 16-year-old chess Grandmaster and

chess prodigy with dual citizenship of Italy and the United States.

At age 5, his chess talent was discovered in an after school chess program at Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and he played his first tournament at the Polgar Chess Center in Queens, New York.His first chess coach, from age six to eight, was National Master Bruce Pandolfini, and from age eight to twelve he studied with Grandmaster Miron Sher.

On 2007 Caruana became a Grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 20 days – the youngest Grandmaster in the history of both Italy and the United States. In the April 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2649, making him the world’s highest ranked player under the age of 18.

Michael Kevin Kearney: Who Earned his first degree at age 10 and became a reality show Millionaire:

Kearny was born in 1984 and is was known for setting several world records

and teaching college at the age of 17.When Michael was four, he was given multiple-choice diagnostic tests for the Johns Hopkins precocious math program. Without having studied for the exam, Michael achieved a perfect score.He spoke his first words at four months. At the age of six months,

he said to his pediatrician I have a left ear infection and learned

to read at the age of ten months. When Michael was four,

he was given diagnostic tests for the Johns Hopkins precocious

math program and achieved a perfect score. He finished high school

at age 6, enrolled at Santa Rosa Junior College graduating at 10

with an Associate of Science in Geology. He is listed in

the Guinness Book as the world’s youngest university graduate at the age of 10,

receiving a bachelor’s degree in anthropology. For a while,

he also held the record for the world’s youngest postgraduate.In October 2006, he became a finalist on the Mark Burnett/AOL quiz/puzzle game Gold Rush, winning $100,000. In November 2006, in front of a national audience on Entertainment Tonight, he went on to win the grand prize of an additional $1,000,000. Kearney was also a contestant on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? which aired on April 25 & 28, 2008. He left with $25,000.

Saul Aaron Kripke: Invited to apply for a teaching post at Harvard while still in high school:

A rabbi Myer Kripke's son, Saul Aaron Kripke was born in New York and grew up in

Omaha in 1940. Saul Kripke is the oldest of 3 children born to family.his two sisters, Madeline and Netta. By all accounts he was a true prodigy. In the grade 4

he discovered something.that is algebra.The end of grammar school he had

mastered geometry and calculus and taken up philosophy. While still

a teenager(17) he wrote a series of papers that eventually transformed the study

of modal logic and it was published when he was 18. One of them earned a letter from the math department at Harvard,

which hoped he would apply for a job until he wrote back and declined,

explaining, My mother said that I should finish high school and

go to college first. After finishing high school, the college

he eventually choose was Harvard. Kripke was awarded the Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy in 2001., philosophy’s equivalent of the Nobel.

Nowadays, he is thought to be the world’s greatest living philosopher.