On February 22, 1918, Addie Wadlow gave birth to an 8.7-pound baby named Robert Pershing Wadlow in Alton, Illinois. Like any other baby, Robert Wadlow began to grow over the course of his first year ...

Robert Wadlow was able to lift his 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) tall, 170 lb (77 kg) father up the stairs to their home when he was only nine years old. He was the first of five children born to Harold ...

Robert Wadlow's cause of height was ascribed to pituitary gigantism. This rare condition results from hyperplasia of the pituitary gland. An oversecretion of the human growth hormone characterises it, ...

Robert Wadlow's cause of death resulted from the same thing that made him famous—his height. He was the tallest man in the world, and according to the Guinness World Record book, no one has ...

If you've ever dipped into "The Guinness Book Of Records" or even if you haven't, you may well have heard of Robert Wadlow. The tallest man who ever lived stood nearly 9 feet high at his peak; he was ...

Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaRobert Pershing Wadlow, nicknamed the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was, at 8 feet 11.1 inches tall, the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is ...