It is this intellectual quality which gives it so large a place in universal history] Using the word in a somewhat broader sense, we may define the Renaissance as the reentrance into the world of that secular, inquiring, self-reliant spirit which characterized the life and culture of classical antiquity.
Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 July 15, 1940) was a man who, to this day, is the tallest person in medical history for whom there is irrefutable evidence.
The Tallest Man Only 18 people in history are known to have reached a height of 8 feet or more. Measuring in at 8 feet 11.1 inches from head to toe, Robert Wadlow was the tallest man to have ever lived. Even todayâs contenders for the title of worldâs tallest person donât come anywhere near his great height. Sultan Kosen, the tallest living man today, would stand 8 inches shorter than Wadlow. Robert Wadlow Born an unremarkable size on February 22, 1918, Wadlow showed great growth soon after birth.